Rabbi Yitzhak Meir Levin
Much time has passed since I had seen him last. He has not changed much—the same white flowing beard, the thick dense eyebrows, the clever eyes twinkling from behind the […]
The Talmudic Encyclopedia’s New Volume (19)
A short time ago the 19th volume of the Talmudic Encyclopedia was published. The appearance of each new volume of this monumental work is a Yoma Tava LeRabbanan, a day […]
Unique Exhibition Of Hebrew Manuscripts and Printed Books
At The N.Y. Public Library (Conclusion) Books displayed in the second section, which is devoted to the Oral Tradition, include a volume of the first complete edition of the Babylonian […]
Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Kasovsky
Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Kasovsky, who died recently at the age of eighty- eight, was one of the many great and brilliant scholars with which Jerusalem was blessed in the last […]
Vladimir Jabotinsky
While still a child I had read his article on Joseph Trumpeldor, the one- armed hero of Tel Hai, who had died with these words on his lips: “It is […]
The Late Rabbi Mordechai Y. Lainer on the Occasion of his Sheloshim
Next Sunday evening, the Radzin Beth HaMidrash of Boro Park will mark the sheloshim of Rabbi Mordchai Yosef Lainer, the Radziner Rebbe. The late Rebbe was a direct descendant and […]
The Vienna Haggadah, 1751
The Haggadah of which a reproduction is presented here was written and illustrated in Vienna in the year 1751 by Aaron Schreiber Herlingen, a well-known artist-scribe. Schreiber, who hailed from […]
The Venice Haggadah, 1716
The Haggadah, which is reproduced here, was printed in Venice in 1716. It is richly illustrated and includes a Judeo-Italian translation of the text and the Seder instructions as well […]
The Trieste Haggadah
In the summer of 1863 the Trieste Italian-Jewish monthly ״Corriere Israelitico״ began to carry announcements of the forthcoming publication of a splendid edition of a Haggadah with illustrations, a new […]
The Kittsee Haggadah of 1782
For centuries after the invention of printing in Europe, the use of handwritten books was still widespread. There were always individuals who preferred, particularly on festive occasions, to use a […]