Wednesday Afternoon Chavrissenschaft with Mori ve-Rebbe Prof. Daniel Sperber, shlita!!!!!
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Menachem Butler
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I am Program Fellow for Jewish Legal Studies at ; Associate Editor at ; and Publisher of .
Cambridge, MAJoined March 2013
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Ruth Blau’s shocking, true-life journey from Catholicism to the top of the ultra-Orthodox Neturei Karta—and from the French Resistance to facing off against the Mossad
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Today is the 31st yahrzeit of my great-uncle, Dr. Isaiah Bard (Reb Yeshaya Bardaky), and in whose memory has been established.
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Today is the 58th yahrzeit of Private Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue, who was killed in Vietnam.
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Professor ' "Kabbalah Trees: The story of a former converso’s invention of the Lurianic ‘ilan’"
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Before I had even gotten home on the day of Rebbetzin David zt"l's passing, had asked me to write this. It took a while, but it's out now:
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Professor Maoz Kahana on "Jewish Demons"
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Our essay by David Landes z"l "The Rational Theology of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein," a penetrating analysis of Rav Lichtenstein's 1957 Harvard dissertation, was republished by in the volume "Our Roshei Yeshiva."
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Over at the 's TraditionOnline, has a fantastic review of the late David J. Landes' book on 's Rabbi Yehuda Amital zt"l and Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l (traditiononline.org/review-our-ros).
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This Sunday night is the second of Sivan, the yartzeit for my family members who perished shortly after their arrival to Auschwitz. I didn't expect that this week I would also have to publicly defend my father's name and life's work.
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Yesterday, I testified in front of the Senate committee hearing on "Artificial Intelligence in Government."
My opening statement starts at 44:42.
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I greatly enjoyed the conversation with at his NYC-launch of *The World: A Family History of Humanity*.
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What a fantastic story and interview!
Towards the end of the interview Aaron discusses his uncle R. Erno Friedman. I learned about R. Friedman's sefarim thanks to yedidi Zalman Alpert's recommendation. He's a huge fan. Fascinating stuff!
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New podcast episode:
• With Aaron Friedman discussing Sefer Pnei Avraham on Shas and the story of how his father saved the manuscript after the holocaust
• Listen 
seforimchatter.com/2023/05/14/wit
seforimchatter.com/2023/05/14/wit1
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Thanks to my dear friend Philologos for the shout-out in his latest article about Schlissel Challah (mosaicmagazine.com/observation/je).
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The Roskies collection includes studies on classic writers of Yiddish literature, teaching notes and irreplaceable memoirs. "A goldmine!" says Yiddish literature scholar Miriam Udel.
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As promised, my up-close-and-personal encounter with the Codex Sassoon, one of the most important religious manuscripts to have ever been discovered, going on sale at on May 17. Thank you to the intrepid Sharon Mintz and Shaul Seidler-Feller.
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Tonight is the yahrzeit of The Yabloner Rebbe — Yechezkel Taub / George Nagel — and to learn his story, read ’s article from 2018 (tabletmag.com/sections/arts-).
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Join me today at noon EST for the launch of the *All Things Yiddish Digital Archive* in celebration of the groundbreaking trove of decades of materials collected by Prof. David G. Roskies (archive.yiddish.nu).
I will be speaking on a panel alongside Prof. @MiriamUdel and… Show more
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I delivered an hour-long lecture in 2021, hosted by the Young Israel of Brookline, on “Rabbi Jonathan Sacks & His Mentor Rabbi Nahum Rabinovitch: Their Relationship & Earliest Writings,” available here (m.youtube.com/watch?v=SOe5KC).
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To mark the third anniversary of the passing of Rabbi Nachum Rabinovitch, we share Rabbi Sacks’ tribute to his teacher and mentor.
▶️ View the tribute here: rabbisacks.org/videos/my-teac
▶️ View a short video on “Rabbi Sacks on his Personal Rebbe” here: rabbisacks.org/videos/rabbi-s
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Join me today at noon EST for the launch of the *All Things Yiddish Digital Archive* in celebration of the groundbreaking trove of decades of materials collected by Prof. David G. Roskies (archive.yiddish.nu).
I will be speaking on a panel alongside Prof. and… Show more
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All Sefer Torah scribing should be accompanied by a mascot.
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See Joseph Yahalom, “Angels Do Not Understand Aramaic: On the Literary Use of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic in Late Antiquity,” Journal of Jewish Studies, vol. 47, no. 1 (Spring 1996): 33-44, available here (academia.edu/39349578/Josep).
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R. Yehuda: A person shouldn't pray in Aramaic
R. Yohanan: The ministering angels won't help bec they don't know Aramaic
Gemara: Fine for congregations to pray in Aramaic
#DafYomi 33a
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Read this recent glowing review in The of our recent publication, "Myth-O-Logical," and check out other books by author, Yudi Levine (jewishpress.com/sections/books).
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You can watch the curb clip here along with its famous references to shkiyas hachamah (sundown).
youtu.be/thd5KDiiI9o
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Here’s a link to the full article.
Thank you to my friend for bringing this to my attention.
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Finally the mystery of how Larry David discovered the true story of the ski lift and the yichud question from Curb Your Enthusiasm (S5E8) has finally been revealed in this fascinating interview between David Samuels and RFK Jr.
I’ve had this q for years!
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Did RFK Jr betray the Kennedy legacy or is he the last one to remain true to it? There r diametrically opposite interps. of the last 60 yrs of American history contained in both claims, and in this meaty blockbuster interview it all converges in one man
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A Q&A with : The Democratic presidential candidate and America’s most prominent ‘conspiracy theorist’ talks about his family, the military-pharmaceutical complex, and our new system of social control
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This past Shabbat I read Rav Blachman's transcribed shiur on Yom Haatzmaut/Yom Yerushalayim published by . I think he threaded the needle on Zionism very well.
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If a Jew from 2,500 years ago experienced a day of Judaism in 2023, what are some things that would be surprising to them?
1. No korbanot
2. Printed Jewish texts
3. Moshiach hasn't come
What's one more you would add?
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and here's the full tzuras hadaf of the original Shavuot 1865 sermon by Rev. Sabato Morais (fau.digital.flvc.org/islandora/obje), and also from two more recent books of Lincoln sermons.
A fascinating subject, indeed!
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There was a fascinating halachic conundrum that arose as a result of Lincoln's assassination. I first learned of this story in an article written by in (tabletmag.com/sections/holid).
President Johnson called for a National Day of Mourning on June 1st, which…Show more
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On Friday April 21st 1865, exactly 158 years ago today, The New York Herald reported on Abraham Lincoln’s body lying in state six days after his assassination. The front page covers the reaction of the Synagogues throughout Manhattan holding special services in his memory.
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Thinking about Michoel Schnitzler z"l over these past few days, I am drawn back to his mesmerizing singing and soulful rendition of *The Baal Shem Tov Nigun (Koznitzer Magid)* from more than a decade ago (youtu.be/K14-pnNzF4g), along with Beri Weber and .
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In response to the tweet below by , I wrote:
See, however, what Levi Cooper has recently written: "This identification is most probably mistaken. The canvas is entitled Alter Mann im Fenster, and it is not evident that the man is even Jewish." As well, note that the… Show more
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This past summer I saw the incredible painting in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, of the Tosfos Yom Tov Rabbi Yom-Tov Lipman Heller Painted by Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten a student of Rembrandt. This was during his imprisonment for protecting his brethren in Prague.
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Morning Seder in Rechavia with Mori ve-Rebbe Professor Nahum Rakover, shlita.
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