The Ofeq Institute of Euclid Ohio, which is devoted to the research and publication of rabbinic literature, has recently published Tosefot HaRosh on Tractate Hagiga, Rabbi Asher Ben Yehiel’s supercommentary […]
A short time ago the last volume of Moshe Kosovksy’s Otzar Leshon Talmud Yerushalmi (Concordance of the Jerusalem Talmud) was published in Jerusalem. The work, which is based on the […]
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 […]
Next week the students of the Daf Yomi will commence the study of tractate Ketubbot. The large tractate deals not only with many Talmudic laws, but also discusses a large […]
Rabbenu Hananel ben R. Hushiel was active in Kairouan in North Africa in the 11th century. His writings were the main channel through which the traditions and the teachings of […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Last year on the eve of the 11th Siyum of Shas for the Daf Yomi, the Va’ad for the Daf Yomi of Agudath Israel in the US. published a miscellany, […]
A new volume of Yad David, novellae on the Talmud by Rabbi Joseph David Sinzheim, came off the press in Jerusalem some time ago. Rabbi Sinzheim was, in his time, […]
After the death of Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin, the great editor-in-chief of the Talmudic Encyclopedia, changes were made in the composition of the editorial board. Rabbi Yona Merzbach, who had […]