Wednesday, February 17, 2010

A Halevi-an article from R Dovid Tzvi Hoffmann

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In his article on the methodology of R Y I Halevy, R YY Weinberg compares the strident tone of Halevi with the more moderate tone of R Dovid...
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Monday, February 8, 2010

Where to find Yiddish newspapers?

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I am in need of the Yiddish newspapers: "Haynt", "Tag", "Moment", and "Yiddish Tageblatt" of the dat...
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Sunday, February 7, 2010

non-PC story from the Chazon Ish

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מספר הר"ר מאיר וונדר היה לי קרוב משפחה בחיפה שסיים בית ספר עממי דתי ואמו רצתה לשלחו לבי"ס תיכון באתי לחזו"א לשאול מה עושים וא...
Thursday, February 4, 2010

No, Cervantes was not Jewish

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Chacham Y Faur has an article " DON QUIXOTE – TALMUDIST AND MUCHO MÁS" In his words: The purpose of the present study is to examin...
Sunday, January 31, 2010

Update on R Yaakov Kamenetsky and the Biur

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R Eliezer Brodt points out that in pg. 292 in Tha Making of A Godol it is brought down that R Yaakov read the Biur :
Thursday, January 28, 2010

Suggested Orthodox Maskilim for post of Chief Rabbi of NY

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JD Eisenstein suggests some candidates for post of Chief Rabbi of NY: Hildesheimer of Berlin,(Marcus) Lehman of Mainz, (Isaac Hirsch) Weiss...
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Monday, January 25, 2010

R Yaakov Kamenetsky, Mendelssohn and Jastrow's dictionary

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There seems to be a story circulating to the effect that: When R. Yaakov Kamenetsky zt”l was Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Vodass, students used to...
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