Using technology similar to that employed by the JTS Library Treasures, the British Library has put online a number of important works from their collection. One of those works is the Golden Haggadah and one can find it here under “Glorious Hebrew Prayer Book”. They have posted some exceptionally beautiful works and they are worth [...]
Since we are beginning Sefer Shemot, the Ten Commandments aren’t very far off. I wanted to recommend a nice book which the rabbi of my childhood synagogue has recently written. Rabbi Simon Glustrom has written a very accessible and well-written book,Timeless Tablets: Why the Ten Commandments Still Speak to Us, which can introduce someone to [...]
from here It is 100 years ago that Rabbi Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel was born (January 11, 1907/25 Tevet 5667). My opinion of Heschel is far from objective, since I can say will full confidence that I would never have developed the commitment to Judaism and Jewish learning that I have now if it wasn’t [...]
Machon Yerushalayim has published a new edition of Seder Rav Amram Gaon . It seems to be based to some extant on Frumkin’s edition (so it seems from the title page). Is anyone familiar with details of this new edition? Did they use mss., specifically this one from JTS? Shabbat Shalom.
I decided to change around the template of this blog. I will try and do a few more changes in the coming weeks. As to the quote in the header, “Dubitando quippe ad inquisitionem venimus; inquirendo veritatem percipimus”, it is from Abelard’s introduction to his Sic et Non. Its translation is “Therefore, by doubting we [...]
This weekend I had the opportunity to discuss with a friend a new book which he is reviewing for an academic journal. My friend was somewhat critical of the book, and during our discussion we talked a little about the nature of book reviews. Book reviews come in all different shapes and sizes. Some are [...]
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