The Late Dr. Yitzhak Raphael
(Continued from last week) Raphael served as a Knesset Member for 26 years. During that entire period he was a member of the prestigious Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security. […]
“Rabbi Maimon in His Generations”
(Continued from last week) The Bibliophile Rabbi Maimon was probably the greatest lover and collector of Sefarim of our time. The love of books was implanted in him by his […]
The Late Dr. Arthur (Dov) Hyman
Dr. Arthur (Dov) Hyman who died last summer in Jerusalem at the venerable age of 91, was both a well known medical authority and a prominent Judaic scholar. His father, […]
Yitzchak Raphael
Several years ago, Yitzhak Raphael announced plans for the establishment in Jerusalem of Yad Harav Maimon, a world center for Torah and Juaic studies. It was to include the Mosad […]
Mossad Harav Kook’s Encyclopedia of Hasidism
In his introduction to the first volume of Mossad HaRav Kook’s Hebrew Encyclopedia of Hasidism, which appeared in 1960 and which featured complete bibliographies of Hasidic writings, arranged according to […]
‘Did You Steal Time for Torah?’
Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Horowitz, who succeeded his father, Rabi Pinchas Horowitz (author of Sefer Hafla’ah) as rabbi of Frankfurt, relates in his book of sermons Lahmei Torah, “I heard my […]
Tosafot Hashalem
More than a year ago I wrote in The Jewish Press about Rabbi Jacob Gellis’ project to assemble from printed works and manuscripts all the Biblical comments and interpretations of […]
Sefer HaManhig
Several months ago there appeared in Israel a new edition of Abraham ben Nathan HaYarhi’s “Sefer HaManhig” an important medieval work on Halacha. Abraham ben Nathan, who was a contemporary […]
The Late Rabbi Shilo Raphael Z”L (10th Yahrzeit)
Several weeks ago, on the 3rd of Kislev, we commemorated the tenth anniversary of the death of Rabbi Shilo Raphael, who had served as head of a Jerusalem rabbinical court […]
Twenty Five Years Sinai
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 […]