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No protection against the שָׂטָן this year on the first day of RH
Why did the חכמים prohibit the shofar on Shabbos?
3 years, 1 month ago
Printed in the luxurious palace of Gracia Mendes' daughter in Constantinople (1598)
Gracia, Joseph Nasi, Donna Reyna, a family of exemplary Sephardic richie-riches
3 years, 1 month ago
More on the new שׁוּ"ת חוּט הַשָּׁנִי edition and the famous controversies of yesteryear
The חוֹלֵץ who deliberately put the shoe on the wrong foot, to prevent his "in-laws" from cheating him
3 years, 1 month ago
Parshas Ki Savo: Abarbanel Applies the תּוֹכָחָה to the Marranos
Sforno decries the Jews who go to non-Jewish courts: אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים!
3 years, 1 month ago
The Strange History of Shevarim
מַחְלֹקֶת רַאְבַ"ד וּבְעַל הַמָּאוֹר עַל פֵּרוּשׁ "עִרְבּוּב הַשָּׂטָן"
3 years, 1 month ago
Isaiah's brilliant use of אוֹר וְחֹשֶׁךְ, not as physical light and darkness
The Jewish triumph will be moral, not military. It won't have to be!
3 years, 1 month ago
Genazym is offering the original edition of סֵפֶר הַמַּנְהִיג, by a talmid of the ר"י בעל התוספת
This classic was written circa 1200, and is the first of the genre of minhag-litetature, evaluating the correctness of various halachic practices
3 years, 1 month ago
Gena,ym Auction: original סֵפֶר "תּוֹרַת הָעוֹלׇה" לִרְמָ"א
The Rema"s unique Baroque explanation of the בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ וְהַקָּרְבָּנוֹת.
3 years, 1 month ago
The שו"ת חוּט הַשָּׁנִי: Three generations of Bacharachs
The kohen who suddenly decided he was not a kohen ( to marry a rich divorcee)
3 years, 1 month ago
Why do we blow shofar on Rosh Chodesh? Why the rest of the month?
The controversial second "40 Days"
3 years, 1 month ago