Where are the Temple Vessels?
…1 380-397 where he discusses some more stories of others who assumed the vatican still houses the temple vessels. See Sefer haYovel l’Kovod Shmuel Mirsky 220-21 for R. Herzog’s position….
Two Editions of R. Chaim Berlin’s Responsa: An Egregious Example of Censorship
…“Beracha” see R. S. Askenazi in his Alpha Beta Kadmita Deshmuel Zeria p. 469 where he shows five places where R. Yakov Emden said this.] In the newer edition of…
Rabbis &: History A Review of the Koreh HaDorot, Ahavat Shalom ed
…updates in his Alpha Beta Kadmidta Deshmuel Zeria, pp. 487-93. When discussing the Lechem Mishna, R. Conforte brings down an incredible story which he heard (pg. 153): ושמעתי מפי זקנים…
The Vilna Gaon’s Talmud
…noted by R. Shmuel Feigenshon in the Otzar HaTefilot. Specifically, R. Feigenshon claims that had the Vilna Gaon seen the Amsterdam 1644 edition he would never made this mistake. [Additionally,…
Winter book sale 2013
…Redaction of the Babylonian Talmud Part two אלפא ביתא קדמיתא דשמואל זעירא, ר’ שמואל אשכנזי, 842 עמודים , $52 This is the first volume of Rabbi Shmuel Askenazi’s work printed…
Eliezer Kallir – Updated
…of these in this post. (Also see below for a bibliography on R. Eliezer Kallir – provided by a kind reader of the blog.) R. Shmuel David Luzzato (Shadal) in…
One more Book on Stam Yayin
…throughout. Additionally, it includes the Kuntras Pesak B’Inyan Taknot HaKehilot from R. Shmuel ben David Moshe haLevi author of Nahlat Shivah (which according to this publisher lends support to the…
New Feature – Listing of New Seforim
…newly set type of the classic Hassidic Siddur. 2) Pirush Mesacktat Avot l’Rebi Mattishayu HaYishari edited with an introduction by R. Ya’akov Shmuel Spiegel as well as an introduction by…
Shnayer Leiman: Notes on Rabbinic Epitaphs I
…Rabbi of Posen: R. Yosef b. Pinhas of Posen (son-in-law of R. Yehezkel Landau Prague; see figure 8), d. 1801, and R. Moshe Shmuel, author of בית שמואל אחרון, d….
A Note on the הסכמות of the חפץ חיים
…of the Vilna subscribers, Shmuel Melamed, at 39 Breite Gass), in order to publish his book. And the letter of the חפץ חיים was written in 1923! It seems likely…
The Modern Custom of Standing for the Ten Commandments
…the Talmud. For instance, R. Shmuel Aboab discusses the custom of standing for the Ten Commandments. R. Aboab was asked “about the custom of some to stand for the Ten…
Interview with Rabbi Moshe Maimon About his Edition of R. Avraham b. HaRambam’s Peirush on Chumash
…lost to posterity. These include many peirushim from R. Saadia and R. Shmuel b. Chofni Gaon and a good number of peirushim quoted by R. Avraham in the name of…
R. Reuven Margulies I
…from Naftali Ben Menachem’s bibliogprahy of R. Margulies’s books which was printed in Sefer Margolious. 1) Toldot Adam (Lemberg 1912) on R. Shmuel Edels 2) Kav Besamim (Lemberg 1913) 102…
“New” R. Reuven Margoliyot Book
…Ohr Hayyim haKadosh and Toledot Maharsha. The latter was originally published in Lemberg in 1932 it contains a portrait of the Maharsah (R. Shmuel Edels) as well as a discussion…
Errors in New Kuntras HaTeshuvot
As some have already noted, there is a completely new edition of Boaz Cohen’s Kuntras HaTeshuvot. This edition edited by Shmuel Glick totally reworks Cohen’s work. Supposedly this new work…