On the Road to Machpela
“One generation ago the sons returned to their heritage. We returned to Hevron, to the Cave of Machpela, to our fathers and mothers, to our roots in the country — […]
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 […]
Geula Bat Yehuda’s New Book About Rabbi Moshe Avigdor Amiel
Recently, a book about the late Rav Moshe Avigdor Amiel, leader and ideologist of the Mizrachi and author of original works of the Talmud, came off the press in Jerusalem. […]
Grandma – a Book About Devorah Sternbuch
Some time ago, I leafed through some old Jewish newspapers. There was the first issue of HaDerekh, published in Zurich by the Central Office of the Agudath Israel. It carried […]
Yeshayahu Vinograd’s Monumental ‘Otzar HaSefer Halvri’
Three weeks ago, Yeshayahu Vinograd, director of the Institute for Computerized Bibliography in Jerusalem, came for a short visit to New York. He brought with him his eagerly awaited Thesaurus […]
The Rabbi in the Nazi Uniform
During the German occupation of Hungary, members of the Zionist youth movements — “the Zionist underground” — played a major role in the rescue of Jews by the mass […]
A Visit to the Talmudic Encyclopedia
“In about six months, the 22nd volume of the Talmudic Encyclopedia will come off the press.” Rabbi Yehoshua Hutner, the executive director of the encyclopedia told us when we visited […]
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 […]
Supercommentaries on Rashi
A very large number of supercommentaries have been composed on Rashi’s commentary on the Torah. The author of the supercommnetaries include Gedolei Yisrael who felt impelled to explain and […]
Stories about Yitzhak Ben Zvi, the Second President of Israel
The late Rabbi Shmuel HaKohen Weingarten was a well known rabbinic scholar and author who wrote in four languages: Hebrew, Yiddish, Hungarian and German. Brought up in Hungary, where he […]