Rabbi Moshe Isserles and His Contemporaries
Rabbi Dr. Asher Siev’s Excellent Studies Rabbi Moshe Isserles, whose Hagahot (glosses) on the Shulkhan Arukh became law for Ashkenazi Jewry, was born in Cracow. His principal teacher was Rabbi […]
Two Rabbis Yehezkel, The ‘Gilgul’ of a story
It is told of Rabbi Yehezkel Landau, Prague’s famous rabbi, the 200th anniversary of whose death was observed several months ago,that on the High Holidays he acted as Sheliach Tzibur. […]
A Minyan in Cordoba
Cordoba. There was a period in the Middle Ages when Cordoba on the Guadalquivir was the largest city in Europe. It was the capital of Moslem Spain and had a […]
Rabbi Symcha Elberg’s ‘Imrei Symcha’ (Vol. 2)
“In Jewish Warsaw the approach of Pesach was felt already in the cold and frosty nights of Tevet, several months before the advent of the festival. The climate was still […]
Rabbi E.E. Dessler’s Novellae on the Talmud
“The publication of this volume makes it evident to all that its author was not only a brilliant exponent of the Mussar movement, but was equally outstanding in the exposition […]
The Rabbi Abramsky Memorial Volume
Last week was the third anniversary of the death of Rabbi Yehezkel Abramsky, one of the rabbinic luminaries of our generation. Rabbi Abramsky studied at Telz and other Yeshivas and […]
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 […]
The Late Rabbi Shilo Raphael, Z”L (1994)
Rabbi Shilo Raphael, Av Beth Din of the Jerusalem Rabbinical District Court, died on the 3rd of Kislev (6th of November) at the young age of 54. He was buried […]
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 […]