Two Works by Rishonim on Tractate Yoma
A Jerusalem publisher has brought out new editions of two early works on tractate Yoma for the benefit of Daf Yomi students who this week embarked on the study of […]
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 […]
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 […]
The 60th Anniversary of Encyclopedia Talmudit
Two weeks ago. my wife and I had the honor and privilege to attend an extraordinary Torah celebration. A festive dinner was held in honor of the 60th anniversary of […]
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 Yehoshua Hutner
Slowly he descended from the El Al super jet. He was all smiles. In his hand he held the new eleventh volume of the Talmudic Encylopedia: his “passport” to American […]
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 […]
Rabbi Shmuel Hubner
In 1952, a Yiddish translation of the Talmud, tractate “Baba Kama” by Rabbi Shmuel Hubner appeared. Nine yeears later his translation of “Baba Metzia” was published. These editions proved to […]
A New Commentary on Yerushalmi Shekalim
For about 200 years- from the third quarter of the 15th century until the dissolution of the “Council of the Four Lands” in 1765– the same tractate of Talmud was […]
Translations of the Talmud
To the Editor: I read with great interest Rabbi Adam Mintz’ “Words, Meaning and Spirit. The Talmud in Translation,” The Torah U-Madda Journal 5 (1994). Rabbi Mintz deals largely with […]