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According to Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, this isn't really a minhag, it's something recent, and indeed, if it was a necessity, then technically, the verse should be written on every object in one's possessio …

As @DoubleAA rightly pointed out, there's more than one work called Degel Machane Ephraim. The one I'm most familiar with - and what I think is the most well-known one - is a Chassidic work by Rabbi M …

I found this book yesterday in my yeshiva's library. It seems like an interesting book. In any case, the book describes his technique at length, but there's one specific chapter called "סדר הלימוד בקי …

It's available in Hebrew on Hebrewbooks. Here's a link: https://hebrewbooks.org/21491 And some interesting background info on the story and on Rabbi Rosenberg by Rabbi Prof. Shnayer Leiman: https://le …

According to a couple of graphic designers in a graphic design group I'm in, the font is called קהת and was likely custom-made for the Kehot company (hence the name), and as such, probably isn't avail …

This blog post brings information about him. In the post it says: "...he was born in Shedlets (Siedlce), Poland. He attended religious elementary school and yeshivas, acquired the reputation of a pr …

Rabbi Yitzchak Hertzog zt"l in his short essay (in Hebrew) "למידותיו של חזקיהו מלך יהודה" (On the Traits of Chizkiyahu King of Yehudah), published in the Sinai Jubilee Volume, pp. 27-28 wrote: "כדאי …

It seems Yehudah Eisenstein, at least, thought so, as he wrote in his introduction to the Book of Chanoch: "מחבר ספר חנוך...וכן בחבור "ספר השמים" עם יום הדין, "דינא יתיב וספרין פתיחין" הם בס׳ חנוך "ל …

Rabbi Avigdor Shiloh wrote in this Q&A that in general, there aren't discrepancies between the Talmud and Sefer Harazim, although some of the things outlined there are no longer applicable per halacha …

I second @mbloch's suggestion for Orot as a book that gives an excellent overview of Rav Kook's hashkafa over a range of topics that were important to him. However, in terms of learning his learning s …

Some of the Church Fathers bore witness in their writings to the Jewish view of Susanna. These Church Fathers lived in the early to mid Amoraic period and personally knew some of the sages and often c …

This thread on the Otzar Hachochma forum discusses the issue. Ta-Shema's essay is also brought there and discussed a little. The OP thought he had some evidence that it was R"Y Abuhav who copied from …

While I didn't find information regarding the megillah specifically, it seems that it was customary for the yeshiva to solicit contributions through various 'gifts' given (or sold?) around the chagim. …

According to David Cassel in his book "תשובות גאונים קדמונים", p. 4, there were two versions of Halachot Gedolot, one from Spain and one from France. The latter one was identified with Rabbi Yosef Tov …

This is a very good question. I have tried searching for sources several times on this topic without much luck, but today I found a few sources that may assist in answering this question. Perhaps the …