Murder in Hevron
A short time ago, at the end of the month of Av, Rabbi Shlomo Ra’anan was murdered by an Arab terrorist in his caravan home at Tel Rumeida, Hevron. Rabbi […]
Judaica Auction in Jerusalem (Nov. 5, 1992)
Next Thursday, November 5, the Israel Society of Judaica collectors will hold an auction of rare books, manuscripts, documents and works of art at the Jerusalem Plaza-Sheraton Hotel. The Society […]
R. Moshe Isserles’ Glosses on A Moreh Nevukhim Copy Sold at a Judaica Auction in Jerusalem
Several weeks ago, Asufa, the Petach Tikva based auction firm headed by Moshe Guz, held one of its periodical public Judaica sales at the Orthodox Union’s World Center in Jerusalem. […]
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 […]
Afikei Yehuda, A Volume in Memory of Rabbi Yehuda Gershuni, Z”L
In his youth Yehuda Gershuni was known in the Yeshiva world as Yudel Grodner (Yehuda of Grodno). The name stuck even after he had published articles and books under the […]
New Piyutim by Rav Hai Gaon
A new collection of religious poems by Rav Hai Gaon was published recently in Israel by Yisrael Yitzhak Hasida. Rav Hai was the last of the Babylonian Gaonim, who for […]
The Late Rabbi Symcha Elberg’s Einei HaEda
Einei HaEda (The Eyes of the Community) is the name of the late Rabbi Symcha Elberg’s latest book, which appeared posthumously a short time ago. The Hebrew volume, carrying the […]
R. Moshe Chayim Luzatto’s Machzor
Passover was only a few weeks away. Jerusalemites were cleaning their homes for the festival. outside the houses, books which the owners wanted to dispose of, were piling up to […]
English Translation of Maimonides ‘Hilkhot Shabbat’
Moznaim Publishers of Jerusalem which, in the last few years, published various parts of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah in English translation recently published an additional volume – the 16th in the […]
The Gadol of Minsk
HaGadol MiMinsk (“The Gadol of Minsk”), published recently by Feldheim is a biography of the Gaon R. Yeruchom Yehuda Leib Perelmann, who served as rabbi in Seltso, Pruzhany and Minsk. […]