Menachem Mendel

Part of the Braginsky Collection of Hebrew books and manuscripts is now online. It is worth a visit. (hat tip)

Posted on January 14th, 2010 under Bibliography, Book Collecting, Hebrew Printing, History of Books, Manuscripts. Comments: None

There is a disagreement among scholars as to the author(s) of the Geonic work Halakhot Gedolot. See this post for a discussion of the question. I just saw this in a flyer from Mechon Yerushalayim, so I guess that we know to some extent how they answer the question.

Posted on November 23rd, 2009 under Bibliography, Halakhic Literature, History of Books, Rabbinic Literature, Uncategorized. Comments: None

Manuscriptboy and Izgad have been doing a wonderful job of live-blogging the WCJS (World Congress of Jewish Studies) which is taking place this week in Jerusalem. Anyone who has ever been to a WCJS knows how overwhelming it can be at times. Ynet has an article (for now only in Hebrew) on one [...]

Posted on August 5th, 2009 under Bibliography, History of Books, Jewish Thought. Comments: None

Haaretz is reporting that Bar-Ilan University will be the home of a new online library of Hebrew texts, a project initiated by President Shimon Peres.
The works slated for inclusion in the project will be selected by academics from Bar-Ilan and other universities over the next few months. In addition, a section of the data us [...]

Posted on June 4th, 2008 under History of Books, Internet, Israel, Libraries. Comments: None

There is a recent post at Seforim which among many interesting topics, discusses some opinions as to “How much effort should people put into learning?,” or maybe more appropriately, “How much effort do people put into learning?” In medieval Ashkenaz, more than one teacher complained about both their students and the general level of learning. [...]

Posted on January 14th, 2008 under Buying Books, Education, History of Books, Talmud, Talmud Study. Comments: 5