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The Besamim Rosh's Son What Can Be Gleaned from an Introduction
Most books, and Hebrew books are no exception, contain introductions. The introduction may lay out the author's vision for the book, or describe the motivation for publication. Additionally, it is not...
View ArticleNew Book on Weddings
Now, with the passing of Tisha B'Av and the three week period, we now enter the wedding season. Appropriately, there is a new book on the laws and customs of weddings. The book, Beyom Chasunaso, by R....
View ArticleThe Legend of R. Yehuda Halevi's Death: Truth or Fiction?
The Legend of R. Yehuda Halevi's Death: Truth or Fictionby Eliezer BrodtAmong the more famous kinos that we recite on Tisha B'Av is Zion Halo Tishali. This kinah was written by one of the greatest...
View ArticleMarc B. Shapiro - Forgery and the Halakhic Process
Forgery and the Halakhic Process by Marc B. Shapiro What is the role of academic learning in the determination of halakhah? In particular, I am referring to knowledge which is not available to the...
View ArticleTwo Notes on Censorship and Plagiarism on the Ramban's Commentary on the Torah
There are a significant number of seforim that are considered “classic” commentaries on the Torah, including, for example, Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Radak, Ralbag and Ramban, et.al. In this post, we shall...
View ArticleBenjamin Richler -- "Manuscripts at the Jewish National and University...
Manuscripts at the Jewish National and University Library:NEJ ReduxBy Benjamin RichlerIn a previous post at the Seforim blog, Shnayer Z. Leiman reviewed New Encyclopaedia Judaica (NEJ) and I should...
View ArticleKest-Leibowitz Seforim
The Kest-Leibowitz Seforim are available online at large discounts at www.torahlab.org Kest-Leibowitz republishes many interesting seforim in small or paperback format. New Seforim are added daily to...
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The Unintended Perils of Plagiarizing
While we have previously discussed several instances of plagiarism, I wanted to discuss one more which is interesting in its irony.Originally printed in Vienna, in 1820, Hut HaMeshulash b'Sha'arim,...
View ArticleUpcoming Auction and Catalog
Asufa is having an auction next week on Monday Aug. 13, the catalog is available online here or in the US at Biegeleisen books in NY.
View ArticleMayer I. Gruber -- How Did Rashi Make a Living?
How Did Rashi Make a Living?[1]Mayer I. GruberProfessor in the Department of Bible Archaeology and the Ancient Near EastBen-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel It has long been taken for...
View ArticleCharles H. Manekin -- Moritz Steinschneider's Indecent Burial
Moritz Steinschneider's Indecent BurialCharles H. ManekinUniversity of Maryland, College Park / Bar Ilan UniversityOver a century has passed since the death of Moritz Steinschneider, the great...
View ArticleBarukh Dayan Ha-Emet: Rabbi Dr. Noah Rosenbloom
For those who have not seen the obituary notice in the New York Times (Aug 14, 2007; B6), the Seforim blog records the passing of Rabbi Dr. Noah Rosenbloom, a pulpit rabbi for over fifty years and...
View ArticleDan Rabinowitz -- "The Custom of Reciting l'Dovid HaShem Ori"
From last year (with a small update) at the Seforim blog, Dan Rabinowitz's "The Custom of Reciting l'Dovid HaShem Ori."
View ArticleElliott Horowitz responds to David Kaufmann on Bugs Bunny
In response to the recent article by Dr. David Kaufmann in The Forward questioning Bugs Bunny's purported Jewish identity, Bar Ilan University professor and Jewish Studies Quarterly (new series)...
View ArticleCarmi Horowitz: A Critique of Two New Reprints
A Critique of Two New Reprintsby Carmi Horowitz *Two new works have recently appeared on the market: a new edition of Midrash Lekah Tov and a new edition of the Perush on Sefer Yezirah of R. Yehudah...
View ArticleMidrash Lekah Tov, part Deux
In a follow-up to Professor Carmi Horowitz's recent post at the Seforim blog, I wanted to discuss, in a bit more detail, the new reprint of the Midrash Lekah Tov and further bolster Prof. Horowitz's...
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Rabbinic Portraits
There is a discussion on the always-wonderful-blog On The Main Line regarding a portrait attributed to Rashi. Someone MENACHEM BUTLER raised the well-known collection of famous Rabbinic personalities...
View ArticleA New Book Collecting Commentaries on Targum Yonason
The Targum Yonason is a fairly standard commentary on the Torah (we are only discussing the Torah one). Now, as most are aware, in fact this is not from Yonason but instead is more correctly called...
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Bibliography of English Translations of Medieval and Modern Rabbinic Bible...
Parshanut: English Translations of Medieval and Modern Rabbinic Bible Commentary (Exegetical, Philosophic, Kabbalistic and Hasidic) Yisrael Dubitsky*Commentaries are arranged in chronological order,...
View ArticleIn Search of Memory:Towards an Understanding of Baladhur
In Search of Memory:Towards An Understanding of the BaladhurBy Rabbi Eliezer BrodtIn a recent post at the Seforim blog, while reviewing R. Ovadiah Yosef's recent work, Chazon Ovadia, I wrote as...
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