A Historical Introduction to the דְּרָשַׁת הָרַמְבָּ”ן לְרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה Part 1
September 7, 2026
A Sephardi take on עִנְיְנֵי רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה delivered in an Ashkenazi yeshiva (in the Capital of the Crusader Kingdom) in 1267
A Sephardi take on עִנְיְנֵי רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה delivered in an Ashkenazi yeshiva (in the Capital of the Crusader Kingdom) in 1267
Did the predecessors of רַבִּי אֲבָהוּ also combine different meanings of תְּקִיעַת שׁוֹפָר that were "out there" into a single standard liturgy for all Jews? Was he merely following their example of uniformization?
Will Hashem Himself kill Edom? Or will it be the Archangel Michael? Different strands of Jewish Tradition.
Are courts, shul-rabbis, teachers, roshei-yeshiva and mashgichim, principals etc. obligated to organize spies and snitches in the institutions under their control?
Classic case of a Rishon (among the greatest, according to his contemporaries) whose writings were forgotten for centuries and then rediscovered in the Modern era.
A Hasidic-Kabbalistic metahistorical narrative from the בְּנֵי יִשָּׂשכָר
In the Messianic Era, will the Jews influence the gentiles to respect Judaism, or will the gentiles' respect for Judaism influence the Jews to value their own religion?
Aspects of the laws of תְּקִיעַת שׁוֹפָר reflect anti-heretical practices which are such an interesting part of Rabbanite Judaism
Already in 1945 organizations like the ADL & Co. feared some future technology (like the internet) which would empower antisemitic groups and even enable them to win elections
Thoughts on the social-history of rabbinic literature: How come some seforim take-off (like the Tur), while others remain obscure, despite their quality?
Talmud Bavli, Rambam, Zohar
The sharp (and deep) conversation between בְּרוּרְיָה and the Jew for J
Do these laws originate with Moshe, just Hashem confirms them? Were they told to him at an earlier time?
Worthy of its own miniseries: Rabbi Yom Tov Lipman Heller, Jacob Bassevi, Albrecht von Wallenstein and The Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II
Moshe was up on the Mountain for the third time with two blank tablets waiting for writing to appear…
Isaiah endeavors to inspire hope in a Jewish People suffering (understandably) from depression and hopelessness because of so much persecution. The future is brighter than you can imagine!
Also, Rambam vs. Ramban re: whether the Canaanites must be exterminated or not
כָּל פָּסוּק בְּלָשׁוֹן עִבְרִי סוֹבֵל כָּל צוּרָה שֶׁיִּרְצֶה הַמְּצַיֵּר, אֲבָל הַצּוּרָה הָאֲמִתִּית בְּמָה יִתְאַמֵּת הֲלֹא הוּא אִם נִמְשְׁכוּ שְׁאָר הַפְּסוּקִים עַל הַצּוּרָה הַהִיא.
The Rebbe of all the German Gedolim (in Germany and elsewhere) you ever heard of. Really
Only in the Messianic Era will Israel be totally free of terror. Sigh