Pearl

Several months ago I reviewed in this column a book on the “Noda Biyehuda” by A. L. Gelman.  The following lines will be devoted to another book on Yeheskel Landau, […]

  I would like to write today a few lines about the Epistle of the Humility, said to have been sent by the Ramban (Moshe Ben Nachman) to his son. […]

By Tovia Preschel   Immersed completely in his work as editor of the “Talmudical Encyclopedia”, Rabbi Sh. Y. Zevin does not publish nowadays separate studies and essays on various rabbinical […]

  The Adar issue of “Sinai” which recently reached these shores, marks the completion of the fiftieth volume of this excellent monthly, which is dedicated to Torah, Jewish scholarship and […]

By Aaron Wertheim   Reviewed by Tovia Preschel   In a passage devoted to a Hasidic custom of preparing spices and myrtle leaves for Sabbath, Wertheim explains that the custom […]

Book review of “Jews in Old Poland” By Isaac Lewin The study of the history of the Jews of Poland is Isaac Lewin’s specialty.  Years before the outbreak of World […]