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The Peh/Ayin Order in the Acrostics of the Book of Eichah
The Peh/Ayin Order in the Acrostics of the Book of Eichahby Mitchell First[1] The first four chapters of the book of Eichah comprise alphabetical acrostics. In the acrostics in chapters 2, 3 and 4,...
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אימתי פסקה טהרת אפר פרה אדומה מאת: אליעזר יהודה בראדט[*] א. כבר הבאנו לעיל[2] את דברי התלמוד ירושלמי המוסר את אזהרת רב חייא לתלמידו רב: "רבי חייא רובא מפקד לרב: אין את יכיל מיכול כל שתא חולין בטהרה...
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Annual Shavua HaSefer sale on computerized (digital) Seforim Libraries. 1) Otzar HaChochma This year the sale will be 30% off the regular price. The sale will be from June 7 thru June 27. The prices...
View ArticleA Shanda fur die Goyim: Hillul Ha-Shem in the Eyes of Non-Jews II
חילול השם בעיני אומות העולם (ב) מאת ר' יחיאל גולדהבר חלק א נמצא פה נחזור על הראשונות ביריעה הראשונה הארכתי במקורות הראשונים שכתבו אודות חילול הדת בעיני הגוים. היינו דבר שעל פי דין מותר לעשותו, והואיל...
View ArticleA Gemeinde Gemeinheit
A Gemeinde Gemeinheitby Shlomo and Mati Sprecher We are delighted that the occasion of our son’s wedding (Uri Sprecher to Rivi Zand, 4 Kislev 5769) solved a 150-year-old bibliographic mystery. When we...
View ArticleWine, Women & Song: Some Remarks on Poetry & Grammar - Part II
Wine, Women and Song: Some Remarks On Poetry and Grammar - Part IIBy: Yitzhak of בין דין לדין [In addition to reiterating my thanks to Andy and Wolf2191 for their assistance and encouragement, I wish...
View ArticleA Shanda fur die Goyim: Hillul Ha-Shem in the Eyes of Non-Jews
חילול השם בעיני אומות העולם (א)מאת ר' יחיאל גולדהבר וְלֹא תְחַלְּלוּ אֶת שֵׁם קָדְשִׁי וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲנִי ד' מְקַדִּשְׁכֶם (ויקרא כב, לב). כך בא הכתוב לומר, כאשר רוצים...
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“The Howling Place of the Jews” in the Nineteenth Century: From William Wilde to Ahad Ha’am by Elliott Horowitz In previous posts at the Seforim blog, Elliott Horowitz of Bar Ilan University,...
View ArticleWine, Women & Song: Some Remarks on Poetry & Grammar - Part I
Wine, Women and Song: Some Remarks On Poetry and Grammar - Part Iby Yitzhak of בין דין לדין [This is the first of three parts; I am greatly indebted to Andy and Wolf2191 for their valuable comments,...
View ArticleNon-Jewish Iconography in Hebrew Books
As we have discussed on numerous occasions, Hebrew books contain a fair amount of non-Jewish iconography and imagery that is of non-Jewish origin. See, for example, here, here, here and here. Of...
View ArticleNew Books from Biegeleisen - May 2009
See here for the previous lists.Halkhot Gedolot, Berlin-Hildesheimer ed., Otzreinu, Toronto, 2009, 2 vol., 22, 162, [3]; 652 pp.: This is a reprint of the important Geonic work based upon a different...
View ArticleNew Books from Biegeleisen
New Books from BiegeleisenWhile Eliezer is in the midst of preparing a comprehensive list of new seforim issued in the past months, I wanted to provide a shorter list of new seforim that I have...
View ArticleElliott Horowitz - Modern Amalekites: From Adolf to Avigdor
In a previous post at the Seforim blog, Prof. Elliott Horowitz of Bar Ilan University and co-editor of Jewish Quarterly Review, described Isaiah Berlin on Meir Berlin (Bar-Ilan) and Saul Lieberman...
View ArticleDaniel J. Lasker - Birkat Ha-Hammah 5769
Get Ready – It's Almost Time to Bless the Sun by Daniel J. Lasker Daniel J. Lasker is Norbert Blechner Professor of Jewish Values at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, and is chair of the...
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Milah Books & Manuals by Eliezer Brodt & Ish Sefer Much has been written on milah. Hebrew Books has over forty seforim on this topic. There are those books that discuss the various...
View ArticleReview of Quntres
Review of Quntres by B. Jackson First, a quick note regarding Prof. Haym Soloveitchik's apparent position that anonymous critiques are inappropriate. It appears that his position overlooks at least...
View ArticleDavid Berger: A Brief Response To Marc B. Shapiro
A Brief Response To Marc B. Shapiro by David BergerIn response to Prof. Marc B. Shapiro's recent comments in, "Thoughts on Confrontation & Sundry Matters Part II," Prof. David Berger, submitted...
View ArticleMessage From Professor Haym Soloveitchik
Message From Professor Haym SoloveitchikIt has come to my attention that a critique of my article "Halakhah, Hermeneutics and Martyrdom" published by the Jewish Quarterly Review has appeared in the...
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