In the Shadow of the Alhambra
From all over Spain foreign tourists flock to Granada to see the historical sights of this city. “1492 was a very important year in the history of Spain,” the tourist […]
Rabbi Yitzhak Alfasi’s Responsa
A short time ago Rabbi Abba Leiter, a son of the late Rabbi Ze’ev Wolf Leiter of Pittsburgh, reprinted his father’s edition of Rabbi Yitachak Alfasi’s responsa. “Rabbi Yitzhak Alfasi […]
Baruch Naeh – The Author of Gemara Shelema
Several months ago I wrote in this paper about the Gemara Shelema on tractate Pesahim and on its brilliant author, Baruch Naeh. I permitted myself then to say a few […]
Dr. Isaac Rivkind, Bibliographer
Dr. Isaac Rivkind recently wrote: “I am writing this with deep grief and with the feeling that if ‘I will not tell, I will have to bear my sin,’ I […]
The Jews of Haiti
Haiti occupies the western one-third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea between Cuba and Puerto Rico. The island was discovered by Columbus in 1492, on his first […]
Rabbi Judah Copperman
“I have given much thought to methods which could give our youth a thorough understanding and deep knowledge of our heritage, its beliefs, laws and ideas, “ Rabbi Dr. Judah […]
Midreshei Philo by the Late Dr. S. Belkin
The late Dr. Samuel Belkin, president of Yeshiva University, was one of the few Jewish scholars who devoted themselves to the study of the writings of Philo, the Alexandrian Jewish […]
Afikei Yehuda, A Volume in Memory of Rabbi Yehuda Gershuni, Z”L
In his youth Yehuda Gershuni was known in the Yeshiva world as Yudel Grodner (Yehuda of Grodno). The name stuck even after he had published articles and books under the […]
Tractate Ketubbot Called Talmud Katan
Next week the students of the Daf Yomi will commence the study of tractate Ketubbot. The large tractate deals not only with many Talmudic laws, but also discusses a large […]
New Piyutim by Rav Hai Gaon
A new collection of religious poems by Rav Hai Gaon was published recently in Israel by Yisrael Yitzhak Hasida. Rav Hai was the last of the Babylonian Gaonim, who for […]