9/22/2009

Leor Jacobi: Prayer of Nehunaya ben Haqanna without Psalm 55:24

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The prayer of R. Nehunya ben HaQanna, recited upon entering the house of study as found in all versions of Bavli Brachoth 27b does not incl...
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6/17/2009

The manuscript source of Tshuvot HaRaShbA vol. VI

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It's not often that we can trace a printed work of the Rishonim to its manuscript source. Here's one such case. Tshuvot HaRaShbA v...
3/08/2009

Tish'a B'Av 'Amidah supplement

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Prof. Andreas Lehnardt of Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz has been very active in recent years in finding new Hebrew Manuscript...
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2/24/2009

The addtional verse for 'El Na Refah'

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An inevitable mathematical problem faced by p aytanim is the 22nd letter of the Hebrew Alphabet- Tav . Any poem using the classic 4-line-p...
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9/16/2008

Adjustments for Eretz Israel in Liturgy, from the Genizah

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I The Common version of certain prayers found in the Jewish Liturgy indicate that they may have originated in the Exile. One example is in...
7/07/2008

Hebrew Manuscript Findings in the Bindings in Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Modena

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Modena Estense 74b, (original and inverted image) Sifri Bamidbar Pisqa 4, Ezra Chwat In the last winter, we received images from P...
3/05/2008

Dr. Binyamin Richler: Mahral on Tur in Oxford Opp. 262

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At the end of the volume of Even ha-Ezer in the El ha-Mekorot edition of the Tur Jerusalem 1958) , Rabbi S.B. Werner published חידושי מהר...