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 […]
New Editions of Rabbenu Hananel’s Talmud Commentaries
Rabbenu Hananel ben R. Hushiel was active in Kairouan in North Africa in the 11th century. His writings were the main channel through which the traditions and the teachings of […]
Waldemar Haffkine (Mordecai Zeev) On the 70th Anniversary of His Death
The 3rd of Heshvan 5761 will mark the 70th anniversary of the death of Waldemar (Mordecai Zeev) Haffkine, the famous bacteriologist who discovered vaccines against the cholera and the bubonic […]
A Story About the Maharal of Prague
Meorot HaDaf HaYomi is a weekly newsletter devoted to the Daf Yomi. The newsletter, which is published in Bnei Brak, features Halachic problems and decisions relating to he Dappim studied by […]
E.K.Tiefenbrun – Painter of Gedolei Yisrael
Elazar Kalman Tiefenbrun has done it again! The portrait he painted of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the occasion of his 89th birthday, has made a profound impression! The well known […]
A Different Version of Messilat Yesharim
(A New Ofeq Institute Publication) Rabbi Moshe Hayyim Luzatto authored numerous works during his short life. Many of those which appeared in print had a great impact on our people. […]
The Custom of Eating Latkes on Hanukkah
Rabbi Moshe Isserles mentions in the Shulhan Arukh, Orah Hayyim (670/2) the custom of eating cheese on Hanukkah and states the reason. This custom is already mentioned — as indicated […]
I was a Dr. Schoenfeld “Kind”
I was a “Rabbi Schoenfeld Kind.” After the Kristallnacht pogrom of November, 1938, the British government declared its readiness to admit several thousand Jewish children into Great Britain. The Chief […]
Minhagei Amsterdam
Minhagei Amsterdam, a book about the customs and regulations of Ashkenazi Jews in Amsterdam, was published a short time ago by Machon Yerushalayim. The book carries a lengthy introduction by […]