Apostates and More, Part 2
…Prof. Shnayer Leiman’s email published in Chaim Dalfin’s new book, Torah Vodaas and Lubavitch (Brooklyn, 2019), p. 203. There was a rabbi who allegedly was killed by mobsters. I heard…
ArtScroll and More
…Maciejko knows of only three copies in existence.[34] In 1981 Professor Shnayer Leiman republished R. Eybeschuetz’s explanations to Berakhot.[35] To be continued [1] See also Jeremy Brown’s post here…
The Hatam Sofer’s Humor
For Nachi and Matt and their love of noses. I heard the following from Dr. Leiman. In the Hatam Sofer’s yeshiva in Pressburg, it was the custom for all to…
R. Flensberg, Donkeys, Antelopes and Frogs
…Leiman. Additionally, a memorial service was held in the Great Synagogue of Vilna, according to Leiman, “this was the only woman ever accorded this honor.” Yitzhak, after Ester died, was…
The Fundraising Campaign to Print the Letters of Rabbi Shmuel Ashkenazi (1922-2020)
…article from Seforim Blog contributor Professor Shnayer Leiman, who writes: Reb Shmuel was “bibliographer, bibliophile, and book collector, and his encyclopedic knowledge of all of Hebrew and Yiddish literature remains…
More on Chaim Bloch
More on Chaim Bloch By Marc B. Shapiro In a previous post I mentioned how the non-Jewish Austrian minister Leon Bilinski was descended from the rav of Posen, R. Samuel…
