Upcoming December Auctions
In the next few weeks there are a bunch of auctions. First, is Sotheby's auction of the "Delmonico" collection. This collection, of an anonymous collector, is amazing. It includes fifty incunabula...
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Book Review: The Koren Sacks Bilingual Edition of the Siddur
Book Review: The Koren Sacks Siddurby Elli Fischer Rabbi Elli Fischer is a freelance translator living in Modiin, Israel. He maintains the "On the Contrary: Judasim with Comments Enabled "...
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Caught in the Act: An Unknown Admission of Plagiarism
While we have had the opportunity to discuss plagiarism on multiple occasions, it is rare in the Jewish world that a plagiarizer is caught and admits their mistake. As such I wanted to discuss such...
View ArticleThe Name Machabee
The Name Machabee Recently, a whole spate of books have been published, both in English and Hebrew, discussing names (see below for a partial list). These works tend to focus on the alleged...
View ArticleEliezer Brodt: The Chanukah Omission
The Chanukah Omissionby Eliezer Brodt Every Yom Tov we celebrate has different questions relating to it which become famous and are discussed from all different angles. Chanukah too has its share of...
View ArticleReview: Macsanyuh Shel Torah
Review: Me'achsanya Shel ha-Torah by Eliezer Brodt Me'achsanya Shel ha-Torah, Rabbi Moshe Hubner, ed., New York, 2008, 297 pp. As mentioned in the past, there is an austounding amount of seforim...
View ArticleSnow: A Review of Ha-Noten Sheleg
Y. Meiselman, Ha-Noten Sheleg, Be-Inyanei ha-Sheleg veha-Kerach be-Halacha, Holon, 2001, 266 pp.With winter approaching, a review of a work devoted to the topic of snow is particularly appropriate....
View ArticleSome Observations Regarding Approbations for Hebrew Books
Haskamot (rabbinical approbations) to Hebrew books have an very interesting history. There are a few different forms of haskamot, perhaps the most important form is that which granted the author...
View ArticleA Note on the Latin Dedication in the Rabbinic Bible of Venice 1517
A Note on the Latin Dedication in the Rabbinic Bible of Venice 1517 by: Jordan S. Penkower In response to the recent post at the Seforim Blog about approbations of Hebrew books, a correction is in...
View ArticleReview of Ma'amar al Yishma'el
Review: Ma'amar al Yishma'el by Eliezer Brodt & Ish Sefer Solomon Ibn Aderet, Ma'amar al Yishma'el, Bezalel Naor ed., Spring Valley, NY, 2008, 178 pp. Bezalel Naor, Mitsvat Hashem Barah, Spring...
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Thoughts on Confrontation & Sundry Matters Part I
Thoughts on "Confrontation" and Sundry Matters, Part I By: Marc B. Shapiro Rabbi Meir Soloveichik's year-old essay, "No Friend in Jesus,"1 caused me to once again think about the Rav's essay...
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Marc B. Shapiro: Thoughts on Confrontation & Sundry Matters Part II
Thoughts on "Confrontation" and Sundry Matters Part IIBy: Marc B. Shapiro What follows is a continuation of this post.Some people are so set on showing the differences between Christianity and Judaism...
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...
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 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 ArticleMilah Books & Manuals
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 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...
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 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 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...
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