…of R. Hayim Moshe Karinal, Yemin Moshe. [6] Bezalel Naor, Post-Sabbatian Sabbatianism, (Spring Valley, NY: Orot, 1999),79-82. [7] See Shnayer Leiman, “Sefarim ha-Hashudim be-Shabbta’ot: Rishimat shel ha-Gaon Yavet”z Tzal,” in…
…has not stopped the theorizing as to Moses’ visage. The most notable example is R. Yisrael Lipschutz’s comments at the end of Kiddushin. See Shnayer Z. Leiman, “R. Israel Lipschutz…
…Robinson, “Literary Forgery and Hasidic Judaism: the Case of Rabbi Yudel Rosenberg,” Judaism 40 (1991), pp. 61-78), Shnayer Z. Leiman, “The Adventure of the Maharal of Prague in London; R….
…Shnayer Leiman. The following sources can be found online on archive.org: Marx, Essays in Jewish Biography; Ginzberg, Students, Scholars and Saints. [2] Today: Vrbové, Slovakia [3] Today: Pápa, Hungary [4]…
…it “likely a myth”? Acknowledgment My understanding of this topic was informed by a lecture of Professor Shnayer Leiman “The Ger Tzedek of Vilna: Fact or Fiction”, available on yutorah.org….
…to have created a documented golem (see here for Prof. Shnayer Z. Leiman’s post, “Did a Disciple of the Maharal Create a Golem?” at the Seforim blog) all studied in…
…Professors Chaim Soloveitchik, Shnayer Z. Leiman, A. Grossman. M. Rosman, Eric Zimmer, R. Reiner ,Simcha Emanuel and many others (a table of contents is available upon request). Another nice title…
…19. [3] For the source and a description of this book in general see Yosef Goldman, Hebrew Printing in America (New York, 2006), 2:1092. See also, Shnayer Z. Leiman, “Montague…
New Writings from R. Kook and Assorted Comments, part 4 Marc B. Shapiro Continued from here. Returning to the issue of creation, I found an interesting comment in R. Hayyim…
…Mishna Berura 271:68) https://oukosher.org/halacha-yomis/what-is-the-volume-of-a-reviis/. [19] Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Hebrew Book. Part I, p. 67 [20] Regarding the possible Sabbatian elements in this work, see Shnayer Leiman, Sefarim Ha-Hashudim be-Sha’abatot,…
Manuscripts at the Jewish National and University Library: NEJ Redux By Benjamin Richler In a previous post at the Seforim blog, Shnayer Z. Leiman reviewed New Encyclopaedia Judaica (NEJ) and…
Perpetual Prophecy: An Intellectual Tribute to Reb Zadok ha-Kohen of Lublin on his 110th Yahrzeit by Dovid Bashevkin Reb Zadok ha-Kohen Rabinowitz of Lublin (hereafter: “Reb Zadok”) was born in…
…for a comprehensive account see my Equality Lost (Urim), chap. 16. See here for Shnayer Z. Leiman’s review of the NEJ at the Seforim blog. [2] This confuses two separate…
…תרצ”ו, עמ’ ריח-רכ. Eliezer Brodt has further called my attention to the translation of this memoir, with additional references, in an article by Genrich Agranovsky and Sid Z. Leiman: Three…
…*The author would like to thank the editors of the seforim blog who make this great forum available. I would like to thank Professor S.Z Leiman for helping me with…