New Or Yisrael
There is a new volume of the journal Or Yisrael (no. 47) out. First, it includes a back and forth on the issue of who wrote the Mekore Minhagim. It also includes an very interesting article discussing...
View ArticleImportant New Book from the Ba'alei haTosafot
What follows is a press release from Ofeq Institute regarding their new bookתוספות ר"י הזקן ותלמידו וראשוני בעלי התוספות על מסכת שבת Tosafot R. Isaac b. Samuel of Dampierre (Ri the Elder) and early...
View ArticleEliezer Brodt - Pesach Drasha of the Rokeach
The Pesach Drasha of the Rokeach by Eliezer Brodt Every once in a while we are privileged to have the venerable printing house Mikezei Nerdamim release something special from the great rishonim (aside...
View ArticleMossad HaRav Kook Sale 2007
The Mossad HaRav Kook annual sale every year after Pesach is a major event for Seforim lovers in Israel, similar to the annual SOY Seforim Sale at Yeshiva University in New York. This year the sale...
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Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dunner (1913-2007), the final surviving musmakh of the...
Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dunner (1913-2007):The Final Surviving Musmakh of the Berlin Rabbinical Seminaryby Menachem ButlerHaRav Yosef Tzvi Dunner, who recently passed away in London at the age of 94, was the...
View ArticleThe Eighth and Final Volume of Daniel Sperber's Minhagei Yisrael Has Appeared
Mossad HaRav Kook has just published the eighth and final volume of Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber's Minhagei Yisrael. This final volume includes a complete and comprehensive index of all eight volumes...
View ArticleReview of Dr. Michael Stanislawski, "A Murder in Lemberg: Politics, Religion,...
Some have already pointed out that Columbia University Professor Michael Stanislawski has a new book/thriller.[1] This book describes the murder of R. Abraham Kohn and the events leading up to it and...
View ArticleEliezer Brodt - A Lively History of Reprinting Rabbeinu Yeruchem
A Lively History of Reprinting Rabbeinu YeruchemRabbi Eliezer BrodtIn recent years, a host of critical editions of works on various rishonim have been published on all topics – some seeing the light...
View ArticleSome Harder to Get Seforim and Where to Obtain
In previous posts at the Seforim blog, we have attempted to highlight some of the more recently printed books, which are fairly easy to come by. However, I thought it worthwhile to mention some...
View ArticleObituary for R. Yosef Tzvi Dunner, zt"l (Dei'ah veDibur)
As a followup to a previous post, here is an excerpt from the obituary for R. Yosef Tzvi Dunner, zt"l, that appeared in Dei'ah veDibur:At the age of 19 he wanted to leave home to study in one of the...
View ArticleEliezer Brodt: A Behind The Scenes Look at Two New Editions: Part One
A Behind The Scenes Look at Two New Editions: Part Oneby Rabbi Eliezer BrodtA few weeks ago, while perusing through the new Seforim at the Girsa Seforim store in Jerusalem, I noticed a new מנחת פתים...
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Stolen Title Pages
"Stolen Title Pages":The Case of An Unknown Contemporary Plagiarist*The title of this post – “Stolen Title Pages” – is not mine, instead, I have borrowed it from Chaim Lieberman.[1] I have used this...
View ArticleKuntres ‘al Inyan Shabbat HaChatuna - A "Found" Book
Many times the rarity of a book is due to a controversy; either because it was limited in scope, i.e. was a polemic, and thus was no need to print thousands of copies or because of bans and the like....
View ArticleAnti Neturei Karta Book
There is a new book discussing the recent tactics of the Neturei Karta. What is perhaps unique about this book, Milchemet Charma by R. Daniel Biton, is that it devoted to demonstrating the Neutrei...
View ArticleKabbalah Books Online
I am not sure why but it appears that a website in Czech (?) contains numerous Kabbalah seforim in their entirety free. These include the literature from Sefer Yetzirah, Zohar, R. Moshe Chaim Luzzato,...
View ArticleReview of a new edition of the Sefer Chasidim
Review of a new edition of the Sefer Chasidimby R. Eliezer Brodt As recently mentioned on this blog this generation is privileged to have many seforim especially rishonim being reprinted in critical...
View ArticleThe Custom of Azharot on Shavous
The Custom of Azharot on Shavousby R Eliezer BrodtThe Yom tov of Shavous called Yom Matan Torahsenu as it is the day we received the Torah thousands of years ago at Har Sinai. It has many minhaghim...
View ArticleThe Custom of Akdamut on Shavuot
R. Brodt has already discussed the custom of azharot on Shavous, I wanted to discuss another Shavous custom – akdamut. Akdamut is the poem in Aramaic which is said around the time of the reading of...
View ArticleSale On Seforim Hard Drives
As discussed previously, there are two hard drive systems which contain thousands of seforim. Both of these will be on sale starting on Sunday June 3 for two weeks. For more information one can...
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Shnayer Leiman - The New Encyclopaedia Judaica: Some Preliminary Observations
The New Encyclopaedia Judaica: Some Preliminary Observations by Shnayer Leiman 1. In 1972, the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica appeared in print. With 25,000 entries, it moved well beyond...
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