Screen for the Spirit, Garment for the Soul
…at the March 2015 Orthodox Forum, “The Contemporary Uses and Forms of Hasidut” chaired by R. Shmuel Hain and R. Shlomo Zuckier. Hopefully Kaye’s fascinating paper will see light in…
Do you recall Hrubieszow? Hrubieszow, Home to an Active Early Nineteenth Century Hebrew Press
…1993-95), p. 167 [Hebrew]. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrubiesz%C3%B3w ↑ The Encyclopedia of Jewish life Before and During the Holocaust, editor in chief, Shmuel Spector; consulting editor, Geoffrey Wigoder; foreword by Elie Wiesel…
Biography of Gedolim
…book is divided by type of person, namely, Rabbonim, Manhigim, ‘Askonim, and Maskilim. It includes biographies and stories about, among others, R. Y. Salanter, R. Yitzhak Elkhonon, R. Hildesheimer, Shmuel…
An Attack and Defense of the ArtScroll Talmud and Addendum to the Dec. 2007 Book List
…hilchot sefer torah. The book can be purchased at Biegeleisen or by contacting Shmuel Stefansky at 718.437.4044 Dovid Felbarbaum, Halichot Kodesh (Brooklyn, NY, 2007), 20, 316 pages. A collection of…
Second Rabbinic Bible/Chapter Divisions
…exposition on the chapter divisions, see Shmuel haKohen Weingarten, Halukat haTora l’Perakim, in Sinai vol. 42 (1958) pp. 281-293; R. Pesach Finfer, Mesoret ha-Toah veha-Nevi’im, Vilna 1906 (republished in 2005).]…
Review: Contemporary Uses and Forms of Hasidut, edited by Shlomo Zuckier
…Zalman replied: “There resides here Rabbi Zadok HaKohen, a great gaon.” The ‘Ilui of Denenburg went to the “Kohen,” who received him with great honor. (Shmuel Ungar, Sefer Toledot Hakohen…
The sukkah on Shemini Atzeret controversy
…Shmuel Himelstein of Rabbi Dr. Aaron Wertheim’s original book, Ktav Publishing House, Hoboken, NJ. 1992, pages 279 – 286. [6] See for example, Hasogot haRaavad, Taanit 11. Both the Rosh…
New Book List December 2007
…work on klalei Hamitzvot. All the works of the Aderet will be reviewed shortly at the Seforim blog. HaMeor HaGodol, R. Meir son of R. Jacob Emden, ed. R. Shmuel…
New Auction Catalog Online
…One of the more interesting ones is the Vienna, 1813 edition of the Marsha (R. Shmuel Edels) that contains his “portrait.” R. Edels lived 1555-1631 and there is no known…
New Book Censored
…Furthermore, it contains several commentaries, some published for the first time. It contains the commentary of R. Menhem Shmuel Hirschtik, Ragle Mevaser originally published in 1910. However, it also contains…
Review of Kuntress Ha-Teshuvot He-Hadash
Kuntress Ha-Teshuvot He-Hadash, A Bibliographic Thesaurus of Responsa Literature published from ca. 1470-2000, ed. Shmuel Glick, vol. II, Jerusalem & Ramat-Gan, 2007, [4], 11, 483, [4]. I have briefly mentioned…
A Review of Beis Havaad by Eliezer Brodt
…Yaakov Shmuel Spiegel, Amudim b’Toldot Sefer HaIvri, Haghot u’Maghim, pp. 279-85.] There are at least three articles discussing exactly how one should edit seforim. Each of these articles contribute different,…
Nachmanides Introduced the Notion that Targum Onkelos Contains Derash
…and others. [17] Peirush Hatorah L’Rav Shmuel ben Hofni Gaon, Mossad Harav Kook, Jerusalem, 1978, index on page 111. [18] See the listing in Perushei Rashi al Hatorah by Charles…
Rashi Devarim 26:17-18….. הֶאֱמַ֖רְתָּ and הֶאֱמִֽירְךָ֣
…ישמיענו that is recited in Yom Kippur Neilah. ArtScroll, in its Yom Kippur Machzor, p. 746, tells us that סלחתי ישמיענו was written by “R’ Shlomo ben Shmuel of the…
Machon Yerushalayim’s Book Week 2011
…Pinkaso Shel Shmuel from the Rashash. This work is a collection of indexes of thousands of topics found in the Rashash’s writings organized according to topics, including topics related to…