The Custom of Azharot on Shavous
…a completely new version including all the mitzvos. One of the versions he composed was showing the 613 mitzvos in the asres hadebros (see the article of R Shmual Askenazi…
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…
Wine Strength and Dilution
…Holmyard, Hall et cie “History of Technology” [54] http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002316.html [55] http://chestofbooks.com/food/beverages/Drinks-Of-The-World/Roman-Wines.html [56] Aelian (V. H. xii. 31, quoted by http://chestofbooks.com/food/beverages/Drinks-Of-The-World/Classical-Wines-Greek-Wines.html [57] To prevent wine from becoming acid, moldy, or bad-smelling…
The Mysteries of Hoshana Rabbah
…on the ground with the aravos. Rashi (ibid. 44b) understands this to mean shaking the aravos, whereas the Rambam writes that it means to bang them two or three times…
Was Avraham a Lamdan?
…statement that the Avos “kept the Torah.”[3] Here and there, the commentators discussed some of the more obvious questions. For example, the Ramban in his commentary on the Torah (Gen….
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…
