The important scholar of Ancient Judaism, Christianity, and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Geza Vermes (1924-2013) has passed away. Besides his important scholarly output, Vermes has an incredible personal story. He was born to Jewish parents in Hungary, and when he was seven years-old he and his parents converted to Catholocism. His parents were then killed [...]
Rabbi David Hartman z”l, the founder of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem has passed away in Jerusalem. The influence of Rabbi Hartman on Judaism in both America and Israel has been vast. Whether it was through his scholarship, the institutions that he founded, his students, or he as an individual, Rabbi Hartman’s influence can [...]
Prof. Menachem Elon, one of the most influential and important scholars of the modern study of Jewish law has passed away. Elon was a former Deputy Chief Justice of the Israeli Supreme Court and the author of many works of scholarship, most notably Ha-Mishpat ha-Ivri, which was published in English as Jewish Law: History, Sources, [...]
May their memory be for a blessing.
Amos Ḥacham, an important scholar of Bible and the first winner of the International Bible Quiz (1958), passed away yesterday at the age of 91. Ḥacham authored the commentary on Psalms for the
Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv z”l, the rabbinic leader of the Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox community, passed away today in Jerusalem at the age of 102. While I disagreed with many of Rabbi Elyashiv’s positions on just about everything, his love of Torah and the modest way in which he lived his life should be examples for us [...]
Yosef (Yoska) Ahituv z”l (Hebrew Wikipedia entry here), an important educator and scholar affiliated with the Religious Kibbutz Movement, has passed away. (hat tip) A partial list of Ahituv’s writings can be found here (Hebrew) and here (English). Some of his writings can be found online here, here, and here. May his memory be for [...]
Prof. Avraham Goldberg z”l passed away in Israel and was buried Saturday night. Prof. Goldberg was an important figure in the field of the modern study of Talmudic literature in the second-half of the 20th c. You can read here and here about the scholarly and personal side of Prof. Goldberg. יהי זכרו ברוך.
Vos Iz Neias is reporting that Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg z”l has passed away at the age of 101. It is fitting to remember Rabbi Scheinberg’s attempt decades ago to put some sanity into Pesaḥ preparation. His teachings about this can be found here. I think that it is possible to be even more lenient, [...]
Prof. Tsvi Groner z”l passed away last week in Israel. Groner was the author of The Legal Methodology of Hai Gaon and ברכות שנשתקעו. The Legal Methodology contained an important appendix that described the origins of the collections of Geonic responsa that have reached us. Below is the obituary from H-Judaic. H-Judaic is greatly saddened [...]
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