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Marc B. Shapiro: A Tale of Two Lost Archives
A Tale of Two Lost Archives by Marc B. Shapiro I have spent much of my professional life rummaging through collections of documents, mostly in well-kept archives, but sometimes also in hard-to-reach...
View ArticleThe Modern Custom of Standing for the Ten Commandments
Many mitvot require that one stand. One of which is reading the Torah. Thus, the ba'al koreh and the person making the blessing stand. When it comes to those who are just listening, there is a debate...
View ArticleR' Orenstein, Author of the Yesuos Yaakov: The Controversy Over Publication...
R' Orenstein, Author of the Yesuos Yaakov: The Controversy Over Publication of his Worksby R. Yosaif M. DubovickR. Y. Dubovick has published many articles on diverse topics. He is currently working on...
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Marc B. Shapiro - Responses to Comments and Elaborations of Previous Posts III
Responses to Comments and Elaborations of Previous Posts IIIby Marc B. Shapiro This post is dedicated to the memory of Rabbi Chaim Flom, late rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Ohr David in Jerusalem. I first...
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Akiva Leiman: Gravely Mistaken
Gravely Mistaken by Akiva Leiman R. Leiman teaches high school at the Yeshiva of Greater Washington in Silver Spring, Maryland. Additionally, he leads trips to sites of Jewish interest in Eastern...
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Can a Segulah Free an Agunah? Jewish Beliefs & Practices for Locating a...
Can A Segulah Free an Agunah? Jewish Beliefs and Practices for Locating a Drowned Body By Bency Eichorn Bency Eichorn learns in kollel and, on the side, has been researching about various segulos. For...
View ArticleThe Tree Murderers I
This post introduces a new series of posts discussing recently published seforim. Specifically, we shall focus on seforim that should never have been printed. The first such sefer is R. Aaron...
View ArticleTevie Kagan: The Enigmatic R. David Lida
The Enigmatic R. David Lida by Tevie Kagan Tevie Kagan works in the Seforim industry. This is his first post for the TraditionOnline Seforim blog. Part I: R. David of Lida and Plagiarism R. David ben...
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Shnayer Leiman: Notes on Rabbinic Epitaphs I
Notes on Rabbinic Epitaphs: I by: Shnayer Leiman The newly recovered tombstone of R. Yosef Trani (1568-1639), the Maharit, among the greatest of the early aharonim,1 is a truly remarkable event. The...
View ArticleRepackaged Rulings: The Responsa of R. Elyashiv
Repackaged Rulings: The Responsa of R. Elyashiv by: Yitzhak of בין דין לדין Wolf2191 recently wrote: N.B. I believe I noticed that some of the pesakim that R' Elyashiv issued when he was part of the...
View ArticlePost on my sefer
Announcing The Publication of Eliezer Brodt's Bein Kesah L'Asurby Eliezer BrodtThis post is not a review of a sefer as one can not review ones own sefer. Rather it is a simple announcement and book...
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Eliezer Kallir - Updated
Eliezer Kallir, is considered one of the greatest paytanim. He authored some of the most well known piyyutim including those said for geshem and tal, as well as many others (although most of his...
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Pini Dunner - Handbill Defending the Use of the Corfu Etrogim
Pini Dunner B.A (Hons), formerly rabbi of London's Saatchi Synagogue, is an avid collector of polemical and controversial Hebraica, with a very large, diverse private collection of such material. Many...
View ArticleDr. Lange's Commentary on Koheleth
In a recent post, Dr. Leiman noted that Rabbi Dr. Dovid Tzvi Hoffmann's commentary on Shemot is being translated into Hebrew and printed in the near future. While the volume on Shemot will be...
View ArticleReview of Amudim be-Toldot Sefer ha-I...
Review of Amudim be-Toldot Sefer ha-Ivri Haghot u-Maghim by Eliezer Brodt and Dan Rabinowitz Yaakov S. Spiegel, Amudim be-Tolodot Sefer ha-Ivri Haghot u-Maghim (Chapters in the History of the Jewish...
View ArticleBaranovich Auction
Yeshiva Ahavas Torah, Baranovich is having an auction Wednesday, November 19th. One can download the catalog here. While I don't intend to cover the whole catalog, I want to briefly highlight a few...
View ArticleRabbis & History: A Review of the Koreh HaDorot, Ahavat Shalom ed
Rabbis & History: A Review of the Koreh HaDorot, Ahavat Shalom ed. by Eliezer BrodtThis is the first post in what I hope to be a series on various attitudes towards studying history. The prism...
View ArticleJordan S. Penkower: A Note Regarding R. Menahem de Lonzano
A Note Regarding R. Menahem de Lonzanoby Jordan S. PenkowerI would like to call attention to the following points in reference to R. Menahem de Lonzano, as mentioned in Koreh HaDorot by R. David...
View ArticleTevie Kagan: The Enigmatic R. David Lida Part II
The Enigmatic R. David Lida Part IIby Tevie Kagan R. David of Lida and Sabbateanism The case for Sabbatean leanings in R. David ben Aryeh Leib of Lida's works are somewhat cloudy. The first clear...
View ArticleTwo Editions of R. Chaim Berlin's Responsa: An Egregious Example of Censorship
Two Editions of R. Chaim Berlin's Responsa: An Egregious Example of Censorshipby Eliezer Brodt R. Chaim Berlin, Sefer Nishmat Hayyim, She'elot u-Teshuvot, R. Ya'akov Kosovsky-Shachor ed.,...
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