The Unusual Word Tzafufim in Pirkei Avos
…not the subject of this brief note. [2] The word also appears in Midrash Shmuel 9:2 האילה הזו אבריה צפופים והיא מתקשה לילד, ומה הקב“ה עושה, ממציא לה נחש והוא…
R. Hayyim Soloveitchik’s Attitude Towards Girsaot: A Response to Dr. Marc Shapiro
…Inbal, Norman Solomon and most prominently, Baruch Shmuel Deutsch. This reading of R. Hayyim has widespread support because it is so striking that he is knowingly using a faulty text…
Lag B’Omer through the eyes of a Litvak in 1925
…Shmuel Vital’s (1598 – 1677) writings. Instead R. Azulai suggests that perhaps Lag B’Omer was the day that Rabbi Shimon began studying Torah at the feet of Rabbi Akiva. Lag…
Book Review: ‘After Revelation: The Rabbinic Past in the Medieval Islamic World’, by Marc D. Herman
…its own right.[14] Increasing Andalusian Independence A recurring theme throughout Herman’s work is the growing independence of non-Iraqi scholars, such as R. Hananel, R. Shmuel ha-Nagid, the Rif, and R….
Gelatin, Supposed Retractions, and Abraham Goldstein, Part 1
…Aug. 1942, p. 19) 6) Rabbi Shmuel Pardes, Avnei Shmuel, Berurei Halacha, #19 7) Rabbi Yosef Konvitz, Divrei Yosef, vol. 1, p. 172 8) Rabbi Hayyim Ozer Grodzenski, Achiezer, vol….
Tikkun Olam Revisited
Tikkun Olam Revisited Shmuel Lesher Shmuel Lesher is the assistant rabbi of the BAYT in Toronto, Canada. You may reach him at shmuel.lesh@gmail.com. Tikkun Olam, translated as either “healing the…
