On the Plagiarism of a Tach-ve-Tat Chronicle
…edition is exceedingly rare. According to Ya’ari, there is but one complete copy extant. (See Ya’ari, Kiryat Sefer, (16) 1939-40). This edition was published by R. Shmuel ben R. Shimson…
Bein hashemashot: A Reevaluation of the Texts Part III
…from the highest elevations around Jerusalem, Shmuel is consistent at least in a limited sense with R. Yosef but completely inconsistent with Rabbah. at 6 minutes, the opinion of R….
Hirschian Humanism After the Holocaust: An Analysis of the Approach of Rabbi Shimon Schwab
Hirschian Humanism After the Holocaust: An Analysis of the Approach of Rabbi Shimon Schwab By Rabbi Shmuel Lesher Rabbi Shmuel Lesher is a Machon Beren Kollel fellow at RIETS /…
Review of Rav Zvi Hirsch Grodzinsky’s Taharas Yisroel
Review of Rav Zvi Hirsch Grodzinsky’s Taharas Yisroel By Shmuel Lubin Shmuel Lubin is a doctoral candidate in biology and creator of “The Rishonim” podcast. ר‘ צבי הירש גראדזענסקי טהרת…
Will the Real Shas Kattan Please Stand Up
Will the Real Shas Kattan Please Stand Up[1] Shmuel Lubin Shmuel Lubin is a doctoral candidate in biology and creator of “The Rishonim” podcast. There is an old tradition commonly…
The Porto family: Eminent Sages, Scholars, and Prolific Seventeenth Century Authors
…and Zafenat Pane’ah. Concerning that article see Marvin J. Heller, “Abraham Menahem ben Jacob ha-Kohen Rapa mi-Porto (Rapaport) Ashkenazi: A Renaissance Rabbi of interest” Seforim.blogspot.com (March 17, 2021). [3] Several…
