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Genazym: The First Printing of the classic בֵּית מֵאִיר (1787), the author's own copy with extensive handwritten glosses on the sides!
Rabbi Meir Posner of Danzig (1725-1807), one of the leading poskim of the entire 18th century. R Akiva Eger used to send him his questions! A class…
1 year, 1 month ago
A recent find of of an ancient coin in Jerusalem, and thoughts about the Messianic Era . Some "dirt" re: Ptolemy III and Berenice II
For some obscure reason, Egyptian Pharaoh Ptolemy III's invasion of Syria (246 BCE) to rescue his sister Berenice from a crazed mob is mentioned by t…
1 year, 1 month ago
Genazym is auctioning the 15h century classic of Talmudic Methodolgy - הֲלִיכוֹת עוֹלָם, first complete edition (Constantinople 1510)
This methodological intro to the Talmud was held in high esteem, and R Yosef Karo wrote a commentary (סֵפֶר כְּלָלֵי הַגְּמָרָא) on it. One of the fi…
1 year, 1 month ago
Moses' warning: אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל can easily become a קְלָלָה!
To prevent human sacrifce by the uneducated, the Temple is located on the Mountain of the עֲקֵדַת יִצְחָק
1 year, 1 month ago
The Remarkable R' Meir Bumsla (1703-1769): A סְמִיכַת חָבֵר from the tension-laden Golden Age of Prague, the Era of the Noda BiYhudah- An item being auctioned by Genazym
A close student of R Yehonasan Eibeschutz, Bumsla nevertheless got along with the Noda BiYhudah, and the latter had a "prophecy" about Bumsla which h…
1 year, 1 month ago
הַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת רְאֵה תשפ"ה - A future without fear? Really?
Isaiah 54:15 difficult to translate convincingly
1 year, 1 month ago
פָּרָשַׁת רְאֵה תשפ"ה - Keep the booze out of the house of the fellow in recovery
אַבֵּד תְּאַבְּדוּן אֶת הַמְּקוֹמוֹת - How does one destroy a place?
1 year, 1 month ago
R Naphtali Katz (1648-1719) Part 2
After the Great Fire in Frankfurt: Battling the Sabbateans (Nechemiah Chayon). The very famous (and romantic!) Ethical Will
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1 year, 2 months ago
R' Naphtali Katz (1648-1719): The Baal Semichas Chachamim, Part 1
Did he cause the Great Fire of 1711 which burned down the entire Jewish Ghetto of Frankfurt? Was it a case of קַבָּלָה מַעֲשִׂית gone awry?
1 year, 2 months ago
Moses and the Bones of Joseph: Two different models of Jewish leadership?
Joseph was the personification of Traditionalism. Moshe was the personification of חִנּוּךְ
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1 year, 2 months ago