…the modern Israel-Palestine region. http://www.answers.com/topic/wine-in-the-ancient-world [21] http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002316.html [22] Had there been any significant qualitative difference between wine grown in one place as opposed to another, it would be apparent by…
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…
…anonymous piyyut (liturgical poem) written in the mid-twelfth century, most often attributed to Samuel ben Kalonymus he-Hasid (c. 1130-1175), less often to his son, Judah ben Samuel he-Hasid (c. 1150-1217),…
…David, both from Hrubieszow, Isaac ben David from Łaszczów, Hayyim ben Eliezer from Zhovkva, Israel ben Raphael, Menachem Mendel ben Baruch, Pesach Joseph from Łęczno, and Eliezer Segal, perchance from…
…to the Keren Kayemet and Keren Hayesod,” and in which they explained their opposition, gave his reasons in full for supporting the Keren Kayemet, and only the Keren Kayemet.[7] In…
…to a learned community. Nowhere does Shmueli’s anxiety emerge more sharply than in his discussion of Halivni’s contribution to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.[82] Written in English for a general readership unfamiliar…
