Rabbi David Cohen, the Nazir
Soon after Israeli troops entered the Old City of Jerusalem, an army jeep was sent to the Kerem Abraham Quarter of the modern city to take Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook […]
Rabbi Yaakov of Lissa
Recently I received a biography of Rabbi Yaakov of Lissa, the “Netivoth” written by Abraham Yitzhak Bromberg. Bromberg, a rabbi from Poland now residing in Jerusalem, is the author of […]
Hiddushei R. Aaron HaLevi
Rabbi Aaron HaLevi of Barcelona (HaR’ah), one of the important medical rabbinical authorities, commentator on the Talmud and on Rabbi Isaac Alfasi’s Halakhot as well as author of other works, […]
The Late Betzalel Landau
Betzalel Landau, one of the most prolific religious journalists is no more. After suffering for years from a terminal illness which he bore with fortitude, he succumbed on the 16th […]
A New Publishing Venture — by Rabbi Moshe Feller
Two years ago was the centenary of the birth of Chaim Dov Friedberg, well known Hebrew author and bibliographer. He was born and raised in Cracow, lived in Frankfurt and […]
Rabbi Tuvia Wein Visits the U.S.
Rabbi Tuvia Wein, the scion of a famous rabbinical family and one of the few students of the Chafetz Chaim still among us, has arrived for a visit in the […]
The Livorno Haggadah 1825
Every year with the approach of Passover new Haggadah editions make their appearance. In recent years the Diskin Orphan Home of Israel — the oldest charitable institution of the Holy […]
The Writings of Rabbi Yitzhak Elhanan Spektor of Kovno
Machon Yerushalayim’s New Project The great renaissance of Torah studies which we have been witnessing for the last four decades has been accompanied by an equally wondrous phenomenon. More than […]
Rabbi Yehuda Rubinstein
On Rosh Hodesh Sivan, Rabbi Yehuda Rubinstein, the veteran Hebrew bibliographer, died in New York. He was in his eightieth year. Death came to him suddenly. Only a week before […]
עוד על ספרים נדפסים על ידי גויים
הגיע לידי גליון הדואר מיום ט”ז בשבט תשל”ד ובעמוד 236 מצאתי הערתו של ט. פרשל לעדותו של ריב”ל בענין ספרים הנדפסים על ידי נוכרים, וראיתי להעיר שדברי ריב”ל כבר ציינתי […]