The Society for the Interpretation of Talmud has published Aaron Amit’s commentary on the fourth chapter of Bavli Pesahim, Makom She-Nahagu. This volume, as well as the others already published, is available for purchase from Rubin Mass.
The Babylonian Talmud is now available for users of Accordance software. See here for details. The text is from the editio princeps (Venice, 1520-1523). They have also reformatted Jacob Neusner et al.’s English translation to better work with the original. This is great news for this snowy day. There are [...]
Life in Israel mentions that some Haredim are finding fault with the incoming Chief Rabbi of the Army that he doesn’t have a beard. First of all, who cares what the “Haredi Street”, i.e. people who have nothing better to do with their time than to envy a person who can be both a [...]
In the most recent issue of Les Cahiers du judaïsme there is an article about the approach to Talmud study of David Weiss Halivni, “The teaching of David Halivni: deciphering the voices of the Stammaim,” written by Florian Deloup Wolfowicz. Hopefully we’ll see more from his blog, שקלא וטריא. Below is the author’s summary of [...]
So far AJS 2009 is going well. Because of weather-related travel issues there seems to be a smaller crowd, with no small number of people having to cancel their presentations. I also noticed that most of the book publishers are giving pretty small discounts. A few are giving discounts of 30%, but [...]
I am not sure if this is old and I just never noticed it, but the JNUL seems to have a new web page which has links to many of the important MSS and early printed editions that they have on their website in one place.
The Forward has a positive review of Norman Solomon’s The Talmud: A Selection. Despite the large amount of enjoyment that I get from Woody Allen and Seinfeld, I couldn’t help thinking about how unsubstantiated this one paragraph sounded to me.
The reader ought to be told, even in summary form, how the centuries that Jews [...]
The Talmud Department of the Jewish Theological Seminary is pleased to present
Professor Shamma Friedman
Benjamin and Minna Reeves Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
Director, The Saul Lieberman Institute of Talmudic Research
Speaking on:
The Debate over Maimonides’
Reservations regarding the Study of Talmud
Monday, December 14, 5:30 pm
Private Dining Room
Part I, Part II
Found throughout the literature which discusses whether a blessing is recited over the lighting of shabbat candles, there are a number of “phantom sources,” sources which aren’t found in the extant literature. The first example of a “phantom sources” is from Abraham ha-Yarhi’s Sefer Ha-Manhig. In Yitzhak Rafael’s edition this [...]
I have been teaching a course in which we are examining two different questions relating to the lighting of shabbat candles, whether a blessing is required and if the lighting of shabbat candles is considered kabbalat shabbat, i.e. if lighting shabbat candles initiates the accepting upon oneself of shabbat prohibitions. I won’t be going [...]
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