Twenty-Eighth Volume of Encyclopedia Talmudit
The twenty-eighth volume of the Hebrew Encyclopedia Talmudit came off the press in Jerusalem a short time ago. It includes entries beginning with the letter Khaf, from Kezayit Bikhdei Akhilat […]
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 […]
Paltiel Birnbaum
In the late 1940s, Paltiel (Phillip) Birnbaum was engaged in preparing an English translation of the daily prayer book. He would frequently visit the late Rabbi Hayim Heller to consult […]
Toledot Yitzhak
Some time ago, “Moznaim,” published a beautiful new edition of Toledot Yitzhak, Rabbi Yitzhak Caro’s commentary on the Torah, which was first printed in Constantinople in 1518. Rabbi Yitzhak Caro, […]
HaMahzor Hameforash (Rosh Hashana)
The appearance of HaMahzor HaMeforash and similar publications is a sign of our time, which witnesses a great renaissance of Judaism. Not only the ignorant Jew, but also the educated […]
The Essential ‘Pele Yoetz’
Pele Yoetz (Wondrous Advisor) by Rabbi Eliezer Papo has enjoyed great popularity among both Sefardim and Ashkenazim since its publication more than 150 years ago. The book, whose subject matter […]
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 […]
Rabbi Yitzhak Alfasi’s Responsa
A short time ago Rabbi Abba Leiter, a son of the late Rabbi Ze’ev Wolf Leiter of Pittsburgh, reprinted his father’s edition of Rabbi Yitachak Alfasi’s responsa. “Rabbi Yitzhak Alfasi […]
Baruch Naeh – The Author of Gemara Shelema
Several months ago I wrote in this paper about the Gemara Shelema on tractate Pesahim and on its brilliant author, Baruch Naeh. I permitted myself then to say a few […]
Rabbi Judah Copperman
“I have given much thought to methods which could give our youth a thorough understanding and deep knowledge of our heritage, its beliefs, laws and ideas, “ Rabbi Dr. Judah […]