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Historic Handwritten Letter by R’ Chaim Brisker from 1909 Auctioned by Genazym
R’ Katz explains the context of this letter and the elections to the Russian government's " Rabbinical Commission " to which R Chaim was indeed elect…
2 years, 7 months ago
Use the spoils of Egypt for the mishkan, because the spoils really belong to you by right
The Netziv's theory of the אָרוֹן and the מְנוֹרָה
2 years, 7 months ago
Mantua Zohar part 3. The "Litvish" defense by R Moshe Provenzalo of Mantua
1.) Private notes 2.) Manuscript given out to copy 3.) Printed books
2 years, 7 months ago
Mantua Zohar Controversy part 2. Arguments pro and con
What's better? The Zohar or Boccacio? .
2 years, 7 months ago
The Mantua Zohar Controversy of 1558-1560 part 1. Should Kabbalah be put into the public domain?
What does a yeshiva study when all the Gemaras are burned? The toxic Catholic Reformation & the Babylonian Talmud
2 years, 8 months ago
Was Shlomo's labor force Jewish? Canaanite? Converts?
Why did both מִשְׁכָּן and בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ have such a large non-Jewish role in their construction?
2 years, 8 months ago
Parshas Terumah: Will the Third Temple have any technology?
God tells Moshe He doesn't need to impress anyone. The miskan is more about intimacy
2 years, 8 months ago
R’ Yehudah Moscato and his Commentary, Kol Yehudah, on the Kuzari
Supposed to be a commentary , but is more an independent tour de force of incredible Renaissance philosophical erudition
2 years, 8 months ago
The Prosposed Jewish university in Mantua @the time of Moscato
It would have been a YU in the 16th century. In the best sense of the term
2 years, 8 months ago
Some v thoughts on the Gaza War as it enters its fifth month
Biden and his role in Jewish history
2 years, 8 months ago