S.Y. Agnon’s Forgotten Purim Parody
…error… —Mazal Tov Afterword by Jeffrey Saks Shmuel Yosef Czaczkes (1887–1970)—later, Nobel laureate S.Y. Agnon—began his literary career in the newspapers of his native Galicia. Starting in 1904, dozens of…
The Haftarot of the Sabbaths of Hanukkah and the Haftarah of the Sabbath of Rosh Ḥodesh Tevet
…from these sources that Rabbi Yehudah ha-Kohen ha-Zaken and Rav David (cited by his son Rav Shmuel), both students of Rabbeinu Gershom—and Rabbi Samuel bar David, ruled to read the…
Book Review: The House of Twenty Thousand Books by Sasha Abramsky
…to Shlomo Carlebach…. [7] Shmuel Ettinger, Chimen’s closest friend from his Jerusalem days, passed away suddenly in 5, Hillway while visiting. [8] See also here for a short video about…
Response to Criticism Part 4; Rabbi Zvi Yehuda and the Hazon Ish
…Ish is R. Elijah Dessler. The young man to the right of R. Dessler is Yehuda. The man on the far left is R. Shmuel Rozovsky. Here is another picture…
R. Flensberg, Donkeys, Antelopes and Frogs
…use god’s name, only a word, that in this context refers to god only if read incorrectly. See also Ya’akov Shmuel Spegiel, Amudim be-Toldot Sefer ha-Ivri: Ketivah ve-Hatakah, Bar Ilan…
Woe Is Unto Whom?
…את ביתי ושרפתי את היכלי והגליתים לבין האומות The meaning of the statement reported by R. Yitzchak bar Shmuel and R. Yose seems straightforward: God is expressing the magnitude of…
Book Announcement: Volume Five of Amudim beToldot haSefer haIvri
…of great interest to readers of the Seforim Blog, the fifth volume of, Amudim be-Toldot ha-Sefer ha-Ivri by Professor Yaakov Shmuel Spiegel, of Bar-Ilan University’s Talmud department. As I have…
R. Avraham ben haGra: A Victim of Plagiarism?
…Hebrew Booklore 3 (1961): 426; and Rabbi Shmuel Strashun mi-Vilna (Jerusalem, 1957). [5] For an excellent and significant survey of nineteenth century rabbinic scholars who researched and published the Midrashic…
R. Shlomo Yosef Zevin and Yeshiva Students being Drafted to the Army, views of women, and more
Shlomo Yosef Zevin and Yeshiva Students being Drafted to the Army, Views of Women, and More Marc B. Shapiro 1. In an earlier post I wrote about R. Shlomo Yosef…
Tracing the history of eating milchigs on Shavuos
…around 1194 in Provence, in southern France. He married the daughter of Rav Shmuel Ibn Tibon, the famous translator of the Moreh Nevuchim into Hebrew. The Malmed Hatalmidim was only…
New Seforim and books 2014
…the censored edition had a Haskamah from Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach while the new edition is uncensored, based on the advice of Rabbi Steinman and Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky. 14. ר’ יהודה…
Legacy Judaica Spring 2021 Auction
…this is not so simple at all. R’ Shmuel Salant definitely did not agree with R’ Diskin on this. IYH this will be discussed at greater length in the future….
Hillel Noach Magid Steinschneider’s Ir Vilna
…professional historian, his work on Vilna was universally recognized. He not only write this book on Vilna but was also intimately involved with Shmuel Yosef Fuenn’s work on Vilna –…
Some Notes on Censorship of Hebrew Books
…del reino de Aragón (Zaragoza, 1990), vol. 2, pp. 338-39. [4] Elijah Capsali, Seder Eliyahu zuta, ed. Aryeh Shmuelevitz, Shlomo Simonsohn, and MeirBenayahu (Jerusalem, 1975-83), vol.1, p. 238. [5] Text…
How the “Songs of the Day” Were Chosen
…Shmuel HaLevi Mantel, entitled שירת שמואל – על אמרת שיר של יום (Bnei Brak 2003).[3] The Chasam Sofer (R. Moshe Sofer, 1762–1839) in his collected Drashos (Vol. I, p. 12)…