Encounters in Strasbourg
For almost two weeks my wife and I traveled through West Germany attending November 9 commemorations and visiting places of Jewish historical interest as well as tombs of Gedolei Yisrael, […]
The Jewish Archeological Remains in France
Several weeks ago, I took a train from Paris into the Jewish past. I travelled about an hour’s ride from the French capital to Rouen to visit the remains of […]
Sefer HaManhig
Several months ago there appeared in Israel a new edition of Abraham ben Nathan HaYarhi’s “Sefer HaManhig” an important medieval work on Halacha. Abraham ben Nathan, who was a contemporary […]
Yad David- Novellae on the Talmud by Rabbi Joseph David Sinzheim
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, […]