In previous posts we have discussed some of the customs relating to Chanukah, in this post I want... more In previous posts we have discussed some of the customs relating to Chanukah, in this post I wanted to address those customs connected to Simcha (joy) and do so by highlighting some rather unknown sources. Amongst the topics I will discuss are eating a seudah, dairy products, sefuganiot, playing cards and dreidel
... article by Matt Goldish, "The Spirit of the Eighteenth Century in the Anti-S... more ... article by Matt Goldish, "The Spirit of the Eighteenth Century in the Anti-Sabbatean Polemics of Hakham David Nieto," in Jeremy D. Popkin ... on either of the previously mentioned extensive lists see Simchat Hanefesh, p. 112; RY Heller, Maoz Hadas, p.34b; A. Lipshitz, Avos Atorah ...
... out to me that if this is the source, you might then be able to suggest that hamentashen was ... more ... out to me that if this is the source, you might then be able to suggest that hamentashen was already eaten much earlier, as this piece of the Abarbanel is word for word taken from R Yosef ibn Kaspi who ... Thanks to Rabbis Y. Tessler, A. Loketch and Yosaif M. Dubovick, and the ...
PaRDeS, the journal of the German Association for Jewish Studies, aims at exploring the fruitful ... more PaRDeS, the journal of the German Association for Jewish Studies, aims at exploring the fruitful and multifarious cultures of Judaism as well as their relations to their environment within diverse areas of research. In addition, the journal promotes Jewish Studies within academic discourse and reflects on its historic and social responsibilities.
This paper will explore a lesser known and underexplored member of the nineteenth century Haskala... more This paper will explore a lesser known and underexplored member of the nineteenth century Haskalah, Mattityahu Strashun (1817–1885) from Vilna, Lithuania, and his personal relationship to Wissenschaft des Judentums scholars such as Leopold Zunz (1794–1886) and Shlomo Yehudah Rapoport (Shir, 1790–1867) and its effect on his scholarship. I will outline Strashun's methods of study by locating him within the historical and cultural world in which he was born and lived. I argue that three distinct contemporaneous movements influenced his scholarly achievements: the Russian Haskalah, Strashun's local intellectual circle that embraced the teachings and methods of R. Eliyahu ben Solomon Zalman of Vilna (Vilna Gaon, 1720–1797), and Wissenschaft des Judentums. I will demonstrate that each of these three – with particular focus on the influence of Wissenschaft des Judentums and its leading scholars – are apparent in Strashun's scholarship and worldview. Additionally, I will provide examples of correspondence between Strashun and leaders of the Wissenschaft des Judentums that illuminate his personal relationships with these scholars.
In previous posts we have discussed some of the customs relating to Chanukah, in this post I want... more In previous posts we have discussed some of the customs relating to Chanukah, in this post I wanted to address those customs connected to Simcha (joy) and do so by highlighting some rather unknown sources. Amongst the topics I will discuss are eating a seudah, dairy products, sefuganiot, playing cards and dreidel
... article by Matt Goldish, "The Spirit of the Eighteenth Century in the Anti-S... more ... article by Matt Goldish, "The Spirit of the Eighteenth Century in the Anti-Sabbatean Polemics of Hakham David Nieto," in Jeremy D. Popkin ... on either of the previously mentioned extensive lists see Simchat Hanefesh, p. 112; RY Heller, Maoz Hadas, p.34b; A. Lipshitz, Avos Atorah ...
... out to me that if this is the source, you might then be able to suggest that hamentashen was ... more ... out to me that if this is the source, you might then be able to suggest that hamentashen was already eaten much earlier, as this piece of the Abarbanel is word for word taken from R Yosef ibn Kaspi who ... Thanks to Rabbis Y. Tessler, A. Loketch and Yosaif M. Dubovick, and the ...
PaRDeS, the journal of the German Association for Jewish Studies, aims at exploring the fruitful ... more PaRDeS, the journal of the German Association for Jewish Studies, aims at exploring the fruitful and multifarious cultures of Judaism as well as their relations to their environment within diverse areas of research. In addition, the journal promotes Jewish Studies within academic discourse and reflects on its historic and social responsibilities.
This paper will explore a lesser known and underexplored member of the nineteenth century Haskala... more This paper will explore a lesser known and underexplored member of the nineteenth century Haskalah, Mattityahu Strashun (1817–1885) from Vilna, Lithuania, and his personal relationship to Wissenschaft des Judentums scholars such as Leopold Zunz (1794–1886) and Shlomo Yehudah Rapoport (Shir, 1790–1867) and its effect on his scholarship. I will outline Strashun's methods of study by locating him within the historical and cultural world in which he was born and lived. I argue that three distinct contemporaneous movements influenced his scholarly achievements: the Russian Haskalah, Strashun's local intellectual circle that embraced the teachings and methods of R. Eliyahu ben Solomon Zalman of Vilna (Vilna Gaon, 1720–1797), and Wissenschaft des Judentums. I will demonstrate that each of these three – with particular focus on the influence of Wissenschaft des Judentums and its leading scholars – are apparent in Strashun's scholarship and worldview. Additionally, I will provide examples of correspondence between Strashun and leaders of the Wissenschaft des Judentums that illuminate his personal relationships with these scholars.
In this post I intend to start a list towards a more complete bibliography to the various seforim... more In this post I intend to start a list towards a more complete bibliography to the various seforim (new and old) and articles related to Shavous (including many links). I hope to update it in the future.
All are aware of the proliferation of Haggadahs. Every year more and more are published thus maki... more All are aware of the proliferation of Haggadahs. Every year more and more are published thus making it difficult to know which versions are worthwhile. Thus, in this post I intend to focus on a listing a small bibliographical list of seforim relating to the Haggadah that are, in my mind, some of the most important ones. In light of the fact I am going to select a few Haggadahs from the many, a caveat of sorts is in order.
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