Rabbi Yehiel Yaakov Weinberg’s Talmudic Novellae
Between the years 1961 and 1969, Mossad Harav Kook published four volumes of “Seridei Esh” — responsa, novellae, articles, studies and essays – by Rabbi Yehiel Yaakov Weinberg, who was […]
Mossad Harav Kook’s Anniversary
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of its founding (1937) Mossad HaRav Kook, Israel’s largest publishing house for religious literature, put out two volumes under the title HaSefer (The […]
Yeshiva University’s ‘Torah Umada Journal’
Six years ago the first issue of Yeshiva University’s The Torah Umada Journal was published. In his short preface, Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, president of Yeshiva University, stated that the […]
The Passover Haggadah of the Talmudic Encyclopedia
A Short time ago the Passover Haggadah of the Talmdic Encyclopedia came off the press in Jerusalem. The Haggadah which is entirely in Hebrew, consists of two parts. The first […]
Encyclopedia of Jewish Medical Ethics
Between 1988 and 1998 the Dr. Falk Schlesinger Institute for Medico-Halakhaic Research, which is associated with Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical center, published the six volume Entziklpedia Hilkhatit Refuit (Encyclopedia of […]
The Hanging of the Two British Sergeants
One of Them was Jewish In 1947, Palestine Jewry’s underground struggle against the British — which ultimately forced them to turn the Palestine Problem over to the UN– reached its […]
A Painting of Jewish Life in Hebron 170 Years Ago
On Tuesday, October 8, a Judaica auction offering ceremonial art, paintings, illuminated Ketubot and illustrated manuscripts was held by Sotheby’s at the Tel Aviv Hilton. A most interesting item on […]
On the Road to Machpela
“One generation ago the sons returned to their heritage. We returned to Hevron, to the Cave of Machpela, to our fathers and mothers, to our roots in the country — […]
Shitah Mekubbetzet on Tractate Hullin
The Publications Institute of Jerusalem’s Yeshiva Ahavat Shalom, which is headed by the Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Hillel, has developed in recent years into a major publisher of rabbinic […]
Geula Bat Yehuda’s New Book About Rabbi Moshe Avigdor Amiel
Recently, a book about the late Rav Moshe Avigdor Amiel, leader and ideologist of the Mizrachi and author of original works of the Talmud, came off the press in Jerusalem. […]