The Sale of Sassoon Manuscripts
On May 12, [1981] important Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts from the famous collection of David Sassoon were auctioned off in Sotheby Parke Bernet on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. […]
A Reproduction of a Rare Warsaw Haggadah
For years now, the New York Office of the Diskin Orphan Home of Israel- the country’s best known educational institution for orphans, children from broken homes and poor families, as […]
Nuremberg
I was privileged to see Nuremberg in ruins. In 1947 I travelled with a friend from Brussels to Prague. The train stopped for a short time in Nuremberg. We got […]
The Order of Zemanim
On the Sabbath following Passover we started reciting Pirket Avot (The Ethics of the Fathers). Each Sabbath one chapter is said. Sefaradim, who recite Avot only until the Sabbath before […]
Ohel Hayim, The Lehmann Bible Manuscripts
Dr. Manfred Lehmann wears many hats. He is a successful businessman, a world traveler, a philanthropist, a bibliophile, a scholar and a publicist. He is not only good at business, […]
The Gaon Rabbi Jacob Pollack
Since we are now in the period of counting the Omer, the following excerpt is of particular relevance. The Gaon Rabbi Isaiah b. Abraham HaLevi Horowitz writes in his Shnei […]
Little Known Works By or About Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch
I have been following for years the public sales of “Judaic Jerusalem.” Abraham Israel Frohlich, the director of the firm has discovered many an unknown or little known Jewish book […]
‘And Acquire A Friend For Yourself’
“And acquire a friend for yourself” (Avot 1:6) The commentary attributed to Rashi states that according to some, this means to acquire books.” Rabbi Isaac Kanpanton, one of the last […]
Rabbi Obadiah of Bertinoro
Scholars’ views are divided when Rabbi Obadiah began working on his commentary on the Mishna. Did he start it in Italy or only after he had settled in the […]
Maimonides’ Medical Writings
An Arab poet sang in praise of Maimonides’ art of healing: Galen’s heart heals only the body, but Abu-Amram’s (Maimonides’) the body and soul. Mosad HaRav Kook recently reprinted Dr. […]