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Rav Kook’s Missing Student 9 May 2013 | 02:14 am
Rav Kook’s Missing Student [1] by Bezalel Naor Recent years have seen a breakthrough regarding the elusive identity of “Monsieur Chouchani,” the mysterious vagabond who in the capacity of mentor, exe...
‘Masa’ot Yerushalayim’ and the ‘Sabba Kaddisha’ R. Shlomo Eliezer Alfandari 30 Apr 2013 | 12:59 am
‘Masa’ot Yerushalayim’ and the ‘Sabba Kaddisha’ R. Shlomo Eliezer Alfandari By: Moshe Maimon One of the greatest and most unique Torah scholars, Sephardic or otherwise, of the past 100 years was R. ...
Announcement: Special shiur by Rabbi Yechiel Goldhaber 16 Apr 2013 | 05:46 am
The readership of the Seforim Blog is invited to a shiur that will be taking place Thursday night [8 Iyaar; 18th April] at 9PM. The shiur will be given by the noted author Rav Yechiel Goldhaber of Ere...
Israel ben Shabtai [Hapstein]. ‘Avodat Yisrael - Book review by Bezalel Naor 9 Apr 2013 | 01:13 am
Israel ben Shabtai [Hapstein]. ‘Avodat Yisrael (B’nei Berak: Pe’er mi-Kedoshim, 5773 / 2013). 66, 738 pages. Reviewed by Bezalel Naor Rabbi Israel ben Shabtai Hapstein, the Maggid of Kozienice (or m...
Borders, Breasts, and Bibliography 22 Mar 2013 | 09:18 pm
Borders, Breasts, and Bibliography By Elliott Horowitz Dan Rabinowitz has provided us which a characteristically learned pre-Passover post on the Prague 1526 Haggadah, specifically concerning the illu...
The Cup for the Visitor: What lies behind the Kos Shel Eliyahu? 19 Mar 2013 | 12:04 am
The Cup for the Visitor: What lies behind the Kos Shel Eliyahu? By: Eliezer Brodt In this post I would like to deal with tracing the early sources for the Kos Shel Eliyahu. A version of this article w...
A Few Comments Regarding The First Woodcut Border Accompanying The Prague 1526 Haggadah 15 Mar 2013 | 12:36 am
A Few Comments Regarding The First Woodcut Border Accompanying The Prague 1526 Haggadah The Prague 1526 edition of the Haggadah is one of the most important illustrated haggadot ever published. It is...
Torah mi-Sinai and More 12 Mar 2013 | 08:36 pm
Torah mi-Sinai and More by Marc B. Shapiro 1. Some people have requested that I do more posts on theological matters, as I have done in the past. So let me begin with what I think will be a three-part...
Two New Seforim for sale 6 Mar 2013 | 09:57 pm
Two New Seforim for sale 1 By: Eliezer Brodt It is with great pleasure that I announce two seforim I have just printed: כוסו של אליהו הנביא , נפתולי מנהג בהתרקמותו , ר ' יהודה אבידע זצ " ל , נדפס לראש...
New seforim, books and some random comments 3 Mar 2013 | 08:39 pm
New seforim, books and some random comments By: Eliezer Brodt Here is a list of some new seforim and books printed in the past few months. 1. מערכת האלקות כולל פירוש מנחת יהודה להר' יהודה חיי...
