Marc B. Shapiro: Obituary for R. Yosef Buxbaum zt”l
…to achieve this rare feat. Rabbi Buxbaum did this by inviting gedolim from all the different camps, and from both the Ashkenazic and Sephardic worlds, to be involved with Machon…
The Fish Motif on Early Hebrew Title-Pages and as Pressmarks
…but one of several tail-pieces. In 1662 Uri Phoebus printed an illustrated Haggadah accompanied by the commentary of R. Joseph Shalit ben Jacob Ashkenazi of Padua entitled Nimukei Yosef. The…
Gems from Rav Herzog’s Archive (Part 1 of 2): Giyus, Professor Lieberman and More
…has been made available to the public. The entire archive of the great Rav Yitzchak Eizik Halevi Herzog, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, has been scanned and is now available…
Purim in Tehran: The Symbolic Devaluation of the Ahrimanic Republic
…Iranians of Azeri background are, more or less, the Iranian equivalent of Israel’s Ashkenazim. But the borders of Iran might change. It is a significant topic, and once stabilization is…
Legacy Judaica Auction March 6th: A Sampling of Forgeries and other Eclectic Lots
…Tzvi Ashkenazi (Hakham Tzvi) (the entire catalog can be accessed here), there are many other interesting books and letters. Conditional marriage has been applied since at least the talmudic period if…
Eruv Tavshilin: A Scribal Error or Deliberate Reformation?
…Ashkenazi and Italian Haggadah and the Haggadot of Joel ben Simon,” 157. The Washington Haggadah was recently republished in a much more affordable format and includes articles by David Stern…
