The Letter of the Maharal on the Creation of the Golem
The Letter of the Maharal on the Creation of the Golem: A Modern Forgery By: Shnayer Leiman For a related post by Dr. Leiman see “Did a Disciple of the…
Birkat Ha-Hammah in the Old Jewish Cemetary of Frankfurt
Birkat Ha-Hammah in the Old Jewish Cemetery of Frankfurt by Shnayer Leiman On Wednesday, April 5, 1617 (= 29 Adar Sheni, 5377), birkat ha-hammah was recited throughout the Jewish world….
A Desperate Plea for Help on Behalf of Vilna’s Old Jewish Cemetery
A Desperate Plea for Help on Behalf of Vilna’s Old Jewish Cemetery in 1919 By Shnayer Leiman Recently, a brief study was posted online on Meir Zelmanovich, the custodian of…
Rabbi Yitzhak Hutner’s View of Torah Im Derekh Eretz and a Hidden Haskamah Rediscovered
…R. Breuer’s haskamah. [25] Shnayer Z. Leiman, “Rabbinic Openness to General Culture,” in Jacob J. Schacter, ed., Judaism’s Encounter with Other Cultures – Rejection or Integration? (Maggid, 2017), pp. 234-248….
The Twice Told Tale of R’ Yonasan Eybeshutz and the Porger
…literature. In his article on this subject, R’ Shnayer Leiman[5] lists a number of Maskilim that used the list of mistakes that are mentioned in Toldos Adam to undermine the…
The Paper Brigade’s Recording of Epitaphs in Vilna’s Old Jewish Cemetery: A Literary Analysis
The Paper Brigade’s Recording of Epitaphs in Vilna’s Old Jewish Cemetery: A Literary Analysis Shnayer Leiman I. Introduction. Shortly after the Nazis captured Vilna on June 24, 1941, representatives from…
The Alleged Blindness of R. Jacob Joshua Falk During the Emden-Eibeschuetz Controversy
The Alleged Blindness of R. Jacob Joshua Falk During the Emden-Eibeschuetz Controversy by Shnayer Leiman R. Jacob Emden’s animosity toward R. Jonathan Eibeschuetz throughout the Emden-Eibeschuetz controversy could easily be…
A Picture and its One Thousand Words: The Old Jewish Cemetery of Vilna Revisited*
A Picture and its One Thousand Words: The Old Jewish Cemetery of Vilna Revisited* by Shnayer Leiman A. The Photograph. Recently, I had occasion to publish the above photograph –…
The Chanukah Omission
…Shnayer Z. Leiman for bringing this important source to my attention. On this work in general see my Likutei Eliezer, pp. 90-118. [4] Although it has been pointed out that…
A Gemeinde Gemeinheit
…impasse, we reached out to Professor Shnayer Z. Leiman, who suggested that the scholar most likely to solve the mystery would be the doyen of Israeli bibliographers, Rabbi Shmuel Ashkenazi.[5]…
Some Notes on Verifying the Authenticity of the Alleged Rav Yisrael Salanter Photographs
Some Notes on Verifying the Authenticity of the Alleged Rav Yisrael Salanter Photographs By Shnayer Leiman There are some who claim that the photographs of R. Yisrael Salanter’s sons can…
Notice on the passing of R. Shlomo Biegeleisen
…business, and there could not be better testimony to this family’s ability to transmit from one generation to the next their אהבת התורה ,אהבת ישראל, and אהבת הספר. Shnayer Leiman…
Response to the Recent Discussion Relating to the Emden-Eibeschuetz Controversy
Response to the Recent Discussion Relating to the Emden-Eibeschuetz Controversy By Shnayer Leiman Whatever else the world may require, it certainly doesn’t need more bans emanating from the Emden-Eibeschuetz controversy….
Dr. Shlomo Sprecher ז”ל: In Memoriam
…excellence of character can be adequately described in mere words. R. Shlomo leaves a void that will not easily be filled. חבל על דאבדין ולא משתכחין. Eliezer Katzman Shnayer Leiman …
A Note on the הסכמות of the חפץ חיים
A Note on the הסכמות of the חפץ חיים By Shnayer Leiman All the comments to the previous posting (“A Note on R. Bezalel Alexandrov’s משכן בצלאל and its Prenumeranten”)…