Rav Shmuel Ashkenazi: a Hidden Genius
Rav Shmuel Ashkenazi: a Hidden Genius By Eliezer Brodt This Monday night is the first yahrzeit marking the passing of a unique Talmid Chacham, R’ Shmuel Ashkenazi of Yerushalayim, at…
Rav Gorelick, the Rav, and Revision by Omission
…בירושלים. [1] https://seforimblog.com/2009/10/some-assorted-comments-and-selection-2/ [2] https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=50519&st=&pgnum=39 [3] https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=50519&st=&pgnum=42 [4] https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=50521&st=&pgnum=255 [5] See R. Gil Student’s criticism here: https://www.torahmusings.com/2009/10/reb-yerucham-and-yu/. See also: http://theantitzemach.blogspot.com/2008/01/blog-post_13.html and https://machshavos.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/r-yerucham-gorelick-and-talmud-vs-hashkafa/. [6] https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/741763/rabbi-hershel-schachter/remembering-rav-yeruchim-gorelik/ at approximately 5:08, 11:57 and 18:09…
The Birkhat ha-Mazon as an Early Modern Supplementary Prayerbook
…Venice, 1623. [NLI] 1. Title Page. Order of Blessings According to the custom of the holy community of Ashkenazim, may their Creator protect them: Commissioned by and printed by their…
Cherubim: Winged Celestial Beings on the Title-Pages of Early Hebrew Books
…and the Shmuel Bukh are composed in the same verse-meter. Moreover, the title-page states that “Shmuel is the first part of the book Melokhim, for it is all related.” Nevertheless,…
Tracing the “Footsteps of the Messiah”: From Li-Nevukhei ha-Dor to Maamrei ha-Rayah
…example, https://seforimblog.com/2010/10/marc-b-shapiro-new-writings-from-r-kook/, https://seforimblog.com/2011/02/new-writings-from-r-kook-and-assorted-3/, https://seforimblog.com/2011/02/new-writings-from-r-kook-and-assorted_22/, https://seforimblog.com/2011/04/new-writings-from-r-kook-and-assorted-2/, https://seforimblog.com/2011/08/new-writings-from-r-kook-and-assorted/. [4] Available for purchase at https://kodeshpress.com/product/rav-kooks-guide-for-todays-perplexed/. [5] Some knew of its general existence, and its purpose, but it is not clear to what extent…
Do you recall Hrubieszow? Hrubieszow, Home to an Active Early Nineteenth Century Hebrew Press
…Finkel Stein. and Moses Tzikor. The verso of the title-page has an approbation from R. David Shalit. The text is comprised of the commentary in two columns. The text of…
