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Book Announcement: Mitchell First’s, “Links to Our Legacy: Insights into Hebrew, History, and Liturgy”

Book Announcement: Mitchell First’s, “Links to Our Legacy: Insights into Hebrew, History, and Liturgy”

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Book Announcement: Links to Our Legacy: Insights into Hebrew, History, and Liturgy by Mitchell First By Eliezer Brodt The Seforim Blog is proud to announce the publication of our frequent contributor Mitchell First’s newest book Links to Our Legacy: Insights into Hebrew, History, and Liturgy (236 pp.) Mitchell First’s 66 short articles address interesting questions about the Hebrew language, Jewish history, and liturgy. For example: • On Hebrew language: insights into the original meanings of the words chamushim, totafot, kohen, minchah,…

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Rav Shmuel Ashkenazi: a Hidden Genius

Rav Shmuel Ashkenazi: a Hidden Genius

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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 the age of ninety-eight. R’ Shmuel was one of the hidden giants of the seforim world, in both ultra-orthodox and academic circles. I had the Zechus to learn much from him and in this article, I wish to describe this fascinating but hardly known Gaon and what we can learn…

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Book Week Sale 2021

Book Week Sale 2021

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Book Week Sale 2021 By Eliezer Brodt This Book list of over four Hundred titles, from many different companies. I have attempted to put them in some sort of categories to make it easier to use. Most of these titles were printed in the past five-six years and are not found in regular stores. Almost all the books are either brand new or in good shape. Email your order to eliezerbrodt@gmail.com. I will than send you a bill based on…

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Book Week 2021

Book Week 2021

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Book Week 2021 By Eliezer Brodt Book week just began in Eretz Yisrael. Continuing with my now fourteenth year tradition, every year in Israel, around Shavuos time, there is a period of about ten days called Shavuah Hasefer – Book Week. Many of the companies offer sales for the whole month. Shavuah HaSefer is a sale which takes place all across the country in stores, malls and special places rented out just for the sales. There are places where strictly…

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Book Announcement: New edition of the Seder Hadorot

Book Announcement: New edition of the Seder Hadorot

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Book Announcement: New edition of the Seder Hadorot By Eliezer Brodt ר’ יחיאל היילפרין, סדר הדורות, מאנסי תשפא, חלק שני: סדר התנאים והאמוראים, ב’ חלקים, [אות א, 820 עמ’\ אותיות ב-ט, 717 עמ’]     This post serves a dual purpose; first, to describe in some detail a new edition of a very important work: Seder Hadorot, and thus make the Seforim Blog readership aware of its recent publication. The second purpose of this post is to make this sefer…

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Legacy Judaica Spring 2021 Auction

Legacy Judaica Spring 2021 Auction

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Legacy Judaica Spring 2021 Auction By Dan Rabinowitz and Eliezer Brodt Legacy Auction Judaica is holding its Spring auction on May 30th (link) and it provides us the opportunity to discuss some interesting bibliographical and historical books and items. Item #7 is the first edition of Charedim printed in 1601. This is the first appearance of R. Elazar Azkiri’s song Yedid Nefesh in print. For a full discussion of this Tefilah see Bentcy Eichorn, Zemirot Zion, pp. 91-106. This volume also…

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