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 […]
Rabbi Symcha Elberg’s ‘Imrei Symcha’ (Vol. 2)
“In Jewish Warsaw the approach of Pesach was felt already in the cold and frosty nights of Tevet, several months before the advent of the festival. The climate was still […]
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, […]
Rabbi Abraham Farbstein
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 […]
Reb Chaim Liberman’s “Ohel Rachel”
Many know Reb Chaim Liberman, more have heard about him, but only very few know of his real greatness in the world of Jewish scholarship. Though he is eighty-eight—until one […]