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I know some people would say that he was saying this based on the popular myths and beliefs of the time - and I can accept that about commentaries on werewolves in general. …

I’ve completely edited my answer. Here are the options I see: As Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky said (according to one of the comments on Rabbi Slifkin's post, he was sent this commentary over 20 years ago) …

I think you're referring to the bells that hung on the edge of the High Priest's tunic. The Rashbam wrote: "ונשמע קולו בבאו אל הקדש, the golden bells will knock against each other even though they ar …

His more famous works are his commentaries on Beresheet and Shemot (I personally have yet to read them). …

Turns out Moshe Zucker's edition is available on Alhatorah.org. I think what you're looking for is 2:20: "וחזר ואמר: ויקרא אדם שמות – כלומר, בשעה שקרא להם שמות התבונן בהם וראה שאין בהם אחד התואם אותו …

Rabbi Yoel Bin Nun has a class on this subject, which I recommend listening to. He explains that he disagrees with the Rambam's view in this case. Rambam's view has merit in places such as Avraham's m …

As mentioned in the comments, I don't think the Tiferet Yisrael meant that these men believed in Torah and Hashem as a Jew would. After all, the fourth person he makes an example of, which you didn't …

On the technical side, hyssop is a plant from which ointments that have antibacterial and antifungal properties can be produced (see here and here for example). Such healing ointments were also made i …

I think a simple filtered search on Sefaria does the trick: Besides for the two you mentioned: Beresheet: Beresheet 1:16 Beresheet 2:8 Beresheet 3:24 Beresheet 7:4 Beresheet 9:20 Beresheet 12:6 Beresh …

According to Yehudah Leib Fleischer, in his series of articles on super-commentaries on the Ibn Ezra's commentary which appeared in Otzar Hachaim (this specific one appeard in year 14, vol. 11-12), R' … It seems he learned only two prior super-commentaries: Rabbi Shlomo Lipmann's Avi Ezer and Rabbi Shlomo Netter's commentary. …

It's available for free on the Genizah website. All you need to do is sign up (for free), then go to the Judeo-Arabic section and look for his commentary on Yechezkel. The first thing you'll see is th …

As noted by @DanF in the comments, משאל and משל aren't tribes in Asher but two names of a city in the territory of Asher, one of a group of cities given to the Levites (see commentators on the verse). …

Sarah Klein-Braslavy wrote (emphasis mine): "In addtion, he [Ibn Gabirol] composed Bible commentaries, fragments of which are cited by R. Abraham ibn Ezra in his own commentaries. … But on the other hand: The Jewish Encyclopedia wrote (emphasis mine): "Some specimens of Gabirol's skill as an exegete are preserved in the commentaries of Abraham ibn Ezra (comp Bacher, "Bibelexegese …

His book Sefer Ma'aseh Nissim: Perush La'Torah can be viewed for free on the site of the National Library of Israel here.

A follow-up to my first question, which is really what I was going for on that question: How is it known that Ben-Temalion was a small shed (שד)? @Dov sourced Rashi to Rabbeinu Gershom, but that doesn …