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 [...]
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. [...]
I just received Simcha Emmanuel’s new book, Shivrei Luhot. I haven’t read much of it and I am sure that Manuscriptboy can speak with much more authority about than subject than me. One thing that is interesting is the cover of the book which features “chained books”, since as far as I know we [...]
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