Menachem Mendel

Coming soon from Brill: Seride Teshuvot-A Descriptive Catalogue of Responsa Fragments from the Jacques Mosseri Collection Cambridge University Library. Cambridge Genizah Studies Series Volume 3

Posted on January 15th, 2012 under Jewish Law, New Books, Responsa. Comments: None

Hebrewbooks continues to dazzle us all. Their latest upload includes the volumes of the important rabbinic journal Noam. Yishar Koach!

Posted on January 5th, 2012 under Jewish Law, Rabbinic Literature, Responsa. Comments: None

Yoav Sorek has started a new blog (Hebrew), לאמיתה של תורה. It seems as if the blog will offer a different perspective and discourse on issues related to Israel and Judaism. The first post is about the fast of the tenth of Tevet.

Posted on January 4th, 2012 under Blogroll, Rabbinic Authority, Religion in Israel, Religious Zionism, Responsa. Comments: 2

I just found out that Rabbi Moshe Zemer z”l passed away last month in Israel. Rabbi Zemer was the most prolific author on Jewish law who was affiliated with the Movement for Progressive Judaism in Israel. A bibliography of his writings can be found here. For anyone interested in a serious book on halakhah from [...]

Posted on December 6th, 2011 under In Memoriam, Jewish Law, Rabbinic Authority, Religion in Israel, Responsa. Comments Off

Ynet have a short video (Hebrew) about Shu”t SMS (texting), i.e. halakhic questions that people ask rabbis through SMS. Often the answer is sent through SMS, other times the rabbi feels a need to speak with the questioner. Most of the rabbis interviewed felt that if this is the way to communicate with people, it [...]

Posted on September 1st, 2011 under Rabbinic Authority, Religious Authority, Responsa. Comments Off

Below is a source sheet from a shiur that I’ll be teaching at tonight’s Tikkun. Hag Sameaḥ. Competing Communities

Posted on June 7th, 2011 under Customs, Halakhic Literature, Rabbinic Literature, Responsa, Shavuot. Comments Off

Musaf Shabbat has an article on the third volume of Kuntress ha-Teshuvot He-Ḥadash, although it seems from here as if the fourth volume has already been published.

Posted on March 30th, 2011 under Book Reviews, Jewish Law, Musaf Shabbat, Responsa. Comments: 6

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

Last week was the 25th yarzheit of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. I was in Israel at the time of his funeral, although I didn’t have much of an idea who he was, that only came a few years later. A number of interested posts were written about him. See this one by Adderabbi and this one [...]

Posted on March 24th, 2011 under In Memoriam, Jewish Studies, Rabbinic Authority, Responsa. Comments: 5