Birkat Ha-Hammah in the Old Jewish Cemetary of Frankfurt
…witness is R. Asher b. R. Eliezer Ha-Levi (circa 1598-1660), an Ashkenazic merchant and rabbinic scholar who lived most of his life in Alsace. In his Sefer Zikhronot (Berlin, 1913),…
Review: The Schechter Haggadah: Art, History, and Commentary
…is part of the “art” and the “commentary”, and not an independent section. The text is divided into three sections: the first contains the traditional Ashkenazic haggadah text, adorned with…
Some Observations Regarding Approbations for Hebrew Books
…fact, the first Ashkenazik approbations, appearing in R. Shlomo Luria’s Hakmat Shlomo (Krakow 1581) contains the approbation of R. Kalman of Worms dated 1542. Instead, the odd approbation is that…
Inverted Nuns
…and Ashkenazim have the upside down backwards nuns -more about this later). You can see some examples here, including one where the text was changed. In fact, it is far…
“Why are the Books of Ruth and Esther so much alike?”
…Esther is placed near the end between Nehemiah and Job. In the current Jewish version of the Bible, following medieval Ashkenazi manuscripts, the Books of Ruth and Esther are placed…
Engaged Couples, צעירים, and More
…on religious grounds, using the opportunity to once again blast the Ashkenazic haredim. איפה ההגיון הבריא? הבוקר בעתון ישראל היום ובערוץ 7 מפרסמים בהבלטה ובהתפעלות פסק הלכה “חדש” המתיר ואפילו…
