Racy Title Pages
Printing was started by non-Jews, however, Jews quickly entered the printing business. However, at times, Jews "borrowed" from non-Jews sources with some interesting repercussions.Early on many of the...
View ArticleNew Book Censored
R. Elijah haBahur's Sefer haTishbi has just been republished. The Sefer haTishbi is a dictionary devoted to words that do not appear in R. Nathan of Rome's Orukh. This particular reprint contains many...
View ArticleHebrew Dictionaries
The post below focuses on R. Elijah haBahor's dictionary- Sefer haTishbi. There are, however, numerous other Hebrew Dictionaries. R. Elijah haBahor himself wrote another focusing on Aramic words from...
View Article"Improved" Making of a Godol
R. Nathan Kamenetsky has republished the first volume of his book, "Making of a Godol." This new edition is labeled "Improved Edition." The reasons for the improvements are well-known. The original...
View ArticleNew Auction Catalog Online
The Baranovitch auction catalog for their Nov. 9th auction is now available online. It has some nice seforim, including one of my favorite, R. Y. Shapotshink's Shas haGodol s'begolim, the largest Shas...
View ArticleSecond Rabbinic Bible/Chapter Divisions
University of California at Berkeley has purchased a copy of what is known as the Second Rabbinic Bible (seen on PaleoJudaica here). This Bible was published by Daniel Bomberg and edited by Jacob ben...
View ArticleDifferences btwn the "Improved" Making of a Godol and the Original
Differences between the "Improved" Making of a Godol and the Originalby Dan RabinowitzAs previously mentioned at the Seforim blog, Rabbi Nathan Kamenetsky's Making of a Godol has been reprinted in an...
View ArticleBiography of Gedolim
Long before Making of a Godol there was another book that contained terrific stories of Gedolim. These stories are especially refreshing in that they give a "human" look at gedolim. This book was...
View ArticleRabbinic Pictures
Menachem Butler notes that the custom of having portraits done of Rabbinic figures dates back to the 16th century and has now been applied to YU. He also raises the issue of the permissibility of such...
View ArticleBook on Yeshivot
Shaul Stampfer has republished a revised and expanded edition of his HaYeshiva haLita'ot b'Hitavato. The book which is devoted to three yeshivot, Volozhin, Slobodka, and Telz, as well as the Kovno...
View ArticleWhere to get out-of-print seforim
Question: Where can one get out-of-print seforim?Answer: Some can be purchased via auction. There are a few auction houses that specialize in seforim. Kestenbaum, Baronovitch, Asufa, and Jerusalem...
View ArticleCollection of Articles on Sabbatianism Online
The book The Sabbatian Movement and Its Aftermath: Messianism, Sabbatianism and Frankism, edited by Rachel Elior, is available online, in its entirety, for free (see here).The book includes articles...
View ArticleTemple Service on Yom Kippur
A significant portion, and perhaps the highlight, of the repetition of the Yom Kippur mussaf is the description of the Yom Kippur service as preformed in the temple. Many, however, are unfamilar with...
View ArticleUpdate- Temple Service on Yom Kippur
Amshinover has a very nice post on the piyyutim connected to the temple service on Yom Kippur.
View ArticleMoshe Samet and Manuscripts vs. Books
Manuscriptboy has two very nice posts today. One discusses a new book and various talks connected to the book. The book is a collection of articles by Moshe Samet. Moshe Samet has written some of the...
View ArticleBesamim Rosh
In the previous post, I mentioned a new book which is a collection of articles by Moshe Samet, who is well-known for his studies of the Besamim Rosh. In the comments section it appeared that some...
View ArticleSimchat Torah Book
I was going to post about the most comprehensive book on Simchat Torah, Avraham Ya'ari's Toldot Hag Simchat Torah, however, Miriam has already posted a very nice summary of it.
View ArticleMinhagim Books No. 1
I hope to present a couple of post on various Minhagim books. Some will focus on communal Minhagim books, and others on the minhagim of specific people.The Tashbetz, also known as the Tashbetz Koton...
View ArticleAnonymous Sefarim
Although, taken for granted today, there is a rather interesting discussion regarding putting ones name on one’s sefer. The early Jewish books we have- Tanak, Mishna and Talmud, the authors or...
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Racy Title Pages Updated
As I had previously noted, many older seforim include what may be deemed objectionable by today's standards. I had mentioned how one book had attempted to rectify this, the new edition of the Levush....
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