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Archive for July, 2006

Frankel Mishneh Torah Complete

Y.D., who works at the JTS Library, informed me that the Frankel edition of the Mishneh Torah is now complete. They have finished Sefer Ahavah and have even published a new seven-volume smaller-size edition.

Rabbis in Need of Psychoanalysis

One of the biggest controversies in the history of 20th century kashrut observance in America was that of gelatin (if you are really interested see David I. Sheinkopf’s book Issues in Jewish Dietary Laws: Gelatin, Kitniyot and Their Derivatives). This was a controversy whose origins were to some extant from Europe and with modern food [...]

Rabbi Louis Jacobs z"l

I have just received an email that Rabbi Louis Jacobs passed away over shabbat. Rabbi Jacobs was truly a giant of Jewish learning and scholarship. His books are too numerous to list and some basic information about the diversity of his writings can be found here. Jacobs wrote books both for the scholar and the [...]

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