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Rabbi Benny Lau and Torat ha-Melekh

Rabbi Benny Lau has written a strongly-worded column (Hebrew) on Ynet, wondering what religious zionist rabbis are doing defending Rabbi Dov Lior and anything having to do with the book Torat ha-Melelkh.

Rabbinic Haircuts

I am sure that many people reacted with scorn to the “Islamic” haircuts that are now permitted in Iran. Well I have news for you, many rabbis would feel right at home with such a decree. In a text that was appended to the Sifra that listed actions that were prohibited in order that Jews [...]

Ruth’s “Conversion” in the Targum

Targuman describes here what the Targum to Ruth does with Ruth 1:16-17.

Those Audacious Jews

A number of years ago the American Jewish Committee and the Jewish Publication Society published two books for Jews and Muslims. One was by Khalid Durán, Children of Abraham: An Introduction to Islam for Jews. I haven’t read the book, but it seems that some Muslims weren’t very happy about it. A companion book was [...]

What Kosher Food Did They Have?

On the Main Line has posted some very interesting sources about the way in which some Jewish travelers ate kosher food on their journeys. I would add the following from this exhibit (see under “Jews and the Liquor Trade”), By the end of the eighteenth century about 80 percent of rural Jews in Poland-Lithuania were [...]

New Book-The New Testament and Rabbinic Literature

A new book from Brill with an October 2009 publication date, The New Testament and Rabbinic Literature, Edited by Reimund Bieringer, Florentino García Martínez, Didier Pollefeyt & Peter J. Tomson. The present book brings together the contributions of the foremost specialists on the relationship of the New Testament and Rabbinic Literature. It contains the proceedings [...]

Julian the Apostate and the Jews

It seems that this summer has been rich with many important archaeological finds in Israel and the latest one is a Roman mansion found in the City of David. Dr. Doron Ben-Ami, the excavation’s director said that “[the] building most likely met its end during a massive earthquake that shook Jerusalem in 363 CE.” In [...]

Johannes Buxtorf on the Web

Johannes Buxtorf (more here) (1564-1629) was a German Hebraist who authored Synagoga Judaica, a rich description of Jewish life and practice in early seventeenth century Germany. Among his other works, Buxtorf also authored books on Biblical and Rabbinic Aramaic and on Hebrew Grammar. Alan D. Corré has translated Synagoga Judaica (Juden-Schül) and it can be [...]

Mechon Hadar

This Shabbat our synagogue hosted a shabbaton from Yeshivat Hadar. Yeshivat Hadar is one of the more exciting things that is happening in the world of Torah study these days. They have an extensive number of source sheets and podcasts of classes posted online. They just received a large matching grant, which means that for [...]

Lecture on Persian Influences on Judaism and Islam

One of the great features of Israeli radio is האוניברסיטה המשודרת, The Broadcast University, which broadcasts lectures on numerous topics on Galei Tzahal, Israel Army Radio. Usually these lectures are published as books which serve as very good introductions. They have just finished a series by Dr. Thamar E. Gindin on Early Persian Culture. The [...]

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