Seforim

Rabbi Tuvia Wein, the scion of a famous rabbinical family and one of the few students of the Chafetz Chaim still among us, has arrived for a visit in the […]

In the late 1940s, Paltiel (Phillip) Birnbaum was engaged in preparing an English translation of the daily prayer book. He would  frequently visit the late Rabbi Hayim Heller to consult […]

Some time ago, “Moznaim,” published a beautiful new edition of Toledot Yitzhak, Rabbi Yitzhak Caro’s commentary on the Torah, which was first printed in Constantinople in 1518. Rabbi Yitzhak Caro, […]

The appearance of HaMahzor HaMeforash and similar publications is a sign of our time, which witnesses a great renaissance of Judaism. Not only the ignorant Jew, but also the educated […]

Pele Yoetz (Wondrous Advisor) by Rabbi Eliezer Papo has enjoyed great popularity among both Sefardim and Ashkenazim since its publication more than 150 years ago. The book, whose subject matter […]

More than a year ago I wrote in The Jewish Press about Rabbi Jacob Gellis’ project to assemble from printed works and manuscripts all the Biblical comments and interpretations of […]

A short time ago Rabbi Abba Leiter, a son of the late Rabbi Ze’ev Wolf Leiter of Pittsburgh, reprinted his father’s edition of Rabbi Yitachak Alfasi’s responsa. “Rabbi Yitzhak Alfasi […]

“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 […]