The Pesach Drasha of the Rokeach
…[4a] See; Shmuel and Zev Safrai, Haggadas Chazal, pp.54-55. [5] See; Haggadah Shevivei Eish, p. 152; Y. Tabory, Pesach Dorot, pp. 216- 244. See also what I wrote in my…
David Glasner — Responses to Comments and Elaborations
Responses to Comments and Elaborations David Glasner David Glasner, an economist at the Federal Trade Commission, is a great-grandson of Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Glasner, the topic of his recent post,…
Mayim Hayyim, the Baal Shem Tov, and R. Meir the son of R. Jacob Emden
…mentioned previously, today, Shmuel Dovid Friedman has attempted to fill the void of R. Meir’s works in publishing the first volume of R. Meir’s hiddushim. These hiddushim are on Mishnayot…
Anonymous Sefarim
…above discussion. R. Shmuel Aboab (1610-1694), wrote the ethical work Sefer HaZikronot, first published in 1631 in Prague, recently reprinted in 2001. However, the book was published anonymously. R. Hayyim…
Hot Tears For A Close Friend: Rabbi Eitam Henkin HY”D
…one hand, Rabbi Shmuel Salant viewed him as an ally, but on the other, Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin, head of the rabbinical court of Brisk, loathed him. My study successfully…
The Legend of R. Yehuda Halevi’s Death: Truth or Fiction & the Cairo Genizah
…used for martyrdom. Shear suggests that perhaps it comes from this story, later mentioned by the Shalsheles Hakabbalah,[20] although he concludes that the idea is far-fetched. In 1840 R. Shmuel…
