Menachem Mendel

Notrikon is a relatively new blog in Hebrew about Hebrew books, publishing, and related subjects. Welcome to the blogosphere.

Posted on October 17th, 2011 under Blogroll, Hebrew Literature, Hebrew Printing. Comments Off

Jonathan Sarna has written in the Forward about the recent merger between the Jewish Publication Society (JPS) and the University of Nebraska Press. In the meantime, even as we mourn JPS’s disappearance as an independent Jewish publisher, lovers of Jewish books should wish the new couple well. Sarna is also the author of JPS: The [...]

Posted on September 25th, 2011 under Halakhic Literature, Hebrew Printing, Rabbinic Literature, Talmud, Talmud Study. Comments Off

The Cairo Genizah has provided numerous examples of different rabbinic texts that were vocalized. Whether the vocalization was Palestinian, Tiberian, or Babylonian, is another question that raises other issues. See the first comments to this post at the Talmud Blog for some implications about the type of vocalization found in Mishnah texts from the Genizah. [...]

Posted on September 9th, 2011 under Hebrew, Hebrew Literature, Hebrew Printing, Rabbinic Literature. Comments: 7

The National Library of Israel has made the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 available online. Fantastic news.

Posted on June 16th, 2011 under Bibliography, Book Collecting, Hebrew Literature, Hebrew Printing. Comments Off

From the most recent Musaf Shabbat (Hebrew) of Makor Rishon: 1. A nice article about the plans for the National Library of Israel. Also see this article from the Jpost. 2. An article by Dr. Harel Gordon on Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. Dr. Gordon wrote his dissertation on Rav Moshe’s halakhic methodology.

Posted on March 29th, 2011 under Bibliography, Book Collecting, Hebrew Literature, Hebrew Printing, Musaf Shabbat, Rabbinic Authority, Rabbinic Literature, Responsa. Comments Off

David Assaf, the scholar of Hasidut, has a new blog, Oneg Shabbat. During the past few days he has a number of posts tracing the genealogy of numerous niggunim. See this post about references to the Internet in Jewish newspapers from over 75 years ago.

Posted on March 3rd, 2011 under Hebrew Printing, Internet. Comments Off

Leshoneinu (72, 3) 261-286, has an article by Binyamin Elizur on the new edition of Seridei ha-Yerushalmi that is hopefully nearing its publication. Seridei ha-Yerushalmi [here] was published by Louis Ginzberg in 1909 and included texts from the Jerusalem Talmud that were found in the Cairo Geniza. The new edition of Seridei ha-Yerushalmi will include [...]

Posted on March 2nd, 2011 under Hebrew Printing, Manuscripts, Talmud, Talmud Study. Comments: 2

A new volume of Quntres: An Online Journal for the History, Culture, and Art of the Jewish Book is available here. Here are its contents. Often Overlooked: Examples of Front-matter in Early Hebrew Books Marvin J. Heller Sibling Rivalry: Simultaneous Editions of Hebrew Books Marvin J. Heller In Search of the Editio Princeps of the [...]

Posted on February 17th, 2011 under Bibliography, Hebrew Literature, Hebrew Printing, New Articles. Comments Off

While I am not sure what the future holds for Rashi Script, here is an online resource for learning how to read it. For those who prefer a paper workbook, Ptach has a very good one.

Posted on January 12th, 2011 under Hebrew Printing. Comments Off