Friday, May 19, 2017

Fetishization of Poverty

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I posted this on the Facebook group Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship, but nobody reacted: This passage is not medieval, bu...
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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

רעיון על "אגרת השבועות" של אלקבץ

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יש מתח ב"איגרת השבועות" של ר' שלמה אלקבץ. כי מחד גיסא, לכאורה, תכלית האיגרת היא לשכנע את הנמענים (בני סלוניקי, לפי ורבלובסקי)...

Two Days of Yom Tov in a World of Modern Communication

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Turkey blocks access to Wikipedia. Rabbis in Israel move Yom Ha'atzma'ut to a different day. How are these events related? One s...
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Ideas for scholarly projects

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1. Collecting quotations of earlier paytanim in piyyutim of later paytanim. 2. Research into prayers surrounding the Priestly Blessing. To...
Sunday, October 16, 2016

Songs for Sukkoth

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In response to popular demand, I am posting the text of these zemiroth for the upcoming holiday. חג שמח! אסדר תושבחתא (שיר על האושפיזין), ...
Saturday, October 15, 2016

Garden Leisure on the Sabbath

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Today I was looking at the sugya in b. Sukka 37a, which becomes the halakha in the Shulchan `Arukh Orach Chayyim 336:10: הדס מחובר, מותר ל...
Monday, August 22, 2016

Proprietors of Artscroll give money for a "real" sefer

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I went to the Glueck Beth Midrash at YU today, and was looking for a copy of Tractate Rosh Ha-shana in the Talmud Yerushalmi. The only one t...
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