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Highlights of the Mossad Harav Kook Sale of 2020, New Rabbi Tovia Preschel Volume Highlights of the Mossad HaRav Kook Sale of 2020, New Rabbi Tovia Preschel volume Highlights of the Mossad HaRav Kook Sale of 2020, New Rabbi Tovia Preschel volume By Eliezer Brodt For over thirty years, beginning on Isru Chag of Pesach, Mossad HaRav Kook publishing house has made a big sale on all of their publications, dropping prices considerably (some books are marked as low as 65% off). Each year they print around twenty new titles and introduce them at this time. They also reprint some of their older, out of print titles. Some years important works are printed; others not as much. See here, here and here for review’s, of previous year’s titles. If you’re interested in a PDF of their complete catalog, email me at [email protected] As in previous years I am offering a service, for a small fee, to help one purchase seforim from this sale. For more information, email me at Eliezerbrodt-at-gmail.com. Part of the proceeds will be going to support the efforts of the Seforim Blog. The last day of the sale is Friday, May 1. What follows is a list of some of their newest titles. ראשונים .1סידור תורת חיים, ב‘ חלקים. סידור לימי החול, לשבתות ומעודים עם פירושי הראשונים על פי כתבי יד ודפוסים ראשונים עם מקורות והערות .2יסוד מורה וסוד תורה לרבינו אבן עזרא .3שפה ברורה לרבינו אבן עזרא .4שיטה מקובצת בכורות .5שיטה מקובצת ב“ק ג‘ חלקים אחרונים .1פסקי הגר“א השלם, הלכות שבת, מאת הרב יעקב טריביץ עם ביאורים מתוך מעשה רב ומשנה ברורה .2ביאורי אגדות הגר“א על כמה אגדות ר‘.3 אברהם יצחק הכהן קוק, שמונה קבצים, שני חלקים, מהדורת ר‘ משה צוריאל ר‘.4 משולם ראטה, שו“ת קול מבשר, שני חלקים ר‘.5 יוסף דוד הלוי סולוציצ‘יק, דרש דרש יוסף, שיעורים ודרשות על פרשות השבוע נכתבו ונערכו על ידי תלמידו ר‘ אבישי דוד ר‘.6 שאול ישראלי, משפטי שאול – ארץ ומדינה ר‘.7 ראובן מרגליות, מרגליות הים למסכת סנהדרין, מהדורה חדשה ר‘.8 נריה ישעיהו, אורי וישעי, ב‘ חלקים, חקרי סוגיות בענייני שבת ויום טוב, 660+640 עמודים ר‘.9 אהרן רבינוביץ, רינת התשובה, התשובה במבטם של חכמי ישראל בעלי התלמוד, ראשונים ואחרנים ר‘ .10אהרן קינדרמן, משלי הקדמונים על פרשות התורה הרב.11 יהודה יודל ראזענבערג, אמרי דעת, ב‘ חלקים. שני חלקים דרושים והלכות. חלק ראשון יביע אומר – דרושים נפלאים על כל מועדים ושבתות מיוחסים ועל כל מאורעות המתרגשות לבוא בקהילות ישראל 360 עמודים. חלק שני – יחוה דעת – חידושי הלכות וחידושים בש“ס ובפוסקים. 708 עמודים [ניתן לקבל תוכן] עינינים שונים ר‘.1 ראובן רז, עיונים בכתביהם של בעלי המוסר ד“.2ר יהושפט נבו, הקינות לאור המדרש עיון במקורות המדרשיים של הקינות ר‘.3 טוביה פרשל, מאמרי טוביה, כרך ו. ראה התוכן למטה ר‘.4 ראובן רז, שערים למערכת הקנינים ר‘.5 משה מנחם שפירא, תפילה לעני – סדר יום כפור קטן, תפילת יום כפור קטן עם ביאורים ודברי חז”ל במדרשים ובתלמודים. 188 עמודים ר‘.6 יהושע ליברמן, נושאי הש“ס, תמצית דברי כל התלמוד בבלי מחולק לפי נושא עיקרי משני ואגדתות A few years back I wrote: Just a few years ago, the great Talmid Chacham, writer and bibliographer (and much more), R’ Tovia Preschel, was niftar at the age of 91. R’ Preschel authored thousands of articles on an incredibly wide range of topics, in a vast array of journals and newspapers both in Hebrew and English. For a nice, brief obituary about him from Professor Leiman, see here. Upon his passing, his daughter, Dr. Pearl Herzog, immediately started collecting all of his material in order to make it available for people to learn from. Already by the Shloshim a small work of his articles was released. A bit later, she opened a web site devoted to his essays. This website is constantly updated with essays. It’s incredible to see this man’s range of knowledge (well before the recent era of computer search engines)… This is an extremely special treasure trove of essays and articles on a broad variety of topics. It includes essays related to Halacha, Minhag, bibliography, Pisgamim, history of Gedolim, book reviews, travels and personal encounters and essays about great people he knew or met (e.g.: R’ Chaim Heller, R’ Abramsky, R’ Shlomo Yosef Zevin, R’ Meshulem Roth, R’ Reuven Margolis, Professor Saul Lieberman). Each volume leaves you thirsting for more… Here is the Table of contents for Volume six! (link) Towards a Bibliography of Coronavirus-related Articles & Seforim written in the past month Towards a Bibliography of Coronavirus-related Articles & Seforim written in the past month By Eliezer Brodt Many of us have been under lockdown for over a month – some of us for less, some for more. However, this has not silenced the ‘voice of the Torah’; all kinds of Shiurim & classes on a wide range of topics have been made available via various methods. Otzar Hachochmah has made their database available free of charge as have others. Others have chosen to spread Torah by putting digital pen to Digital paper. The truth is, like almost every other topic, it’s hard come up with something truly new; plagues and the like have occurred numerous times throughout our long history. The famous bibliographer Avraham Ya’ari devoted a chapter of a book of his to Seforim which were written during plagues.[1] During each of these times many discussions related to aspects of plagues and epidemics arose.[2] The sources range from descriptions of the situation, discussions of what one should do, i.e. stay put or run,[3] tefilot[4] and/or segulot[5] to Halachik rulings regarding observing various Halachos.[6] Right before Pesach,Machon Yerushalayim released a 300 page, digital work collecting hundreds of such sources (item #8). In the most recent issue of the journal Ha-Ma’ayan (#233) released this past month my good friend R’ Moshe Dovid Chechik wrote an article titled “The Prohibition or the Obligation to Flee the city during an Epidemic” (item #1). Since, others have written about it [see below (#4&5)]. Much has been written about R’ Akiva Eiger and the 1831 Cholera outbreak (see below – R’ Elli Fisher and Dr. Eddie Reichman’s articles items 1,2 and 9). [See also Rabbi Pinni Dunner here]. I too am working on an article on the topic and hope to complete it IYH within the next few days. This terrible time has already seen many Teshuvot written, especially in regard to Pesach. See especially bellow #11-15. Much has been written and will continue to be written about davening with a Minyan (see below #15, see also R’ Avishay Elbaum’s recent post [here]). See below (Appendix Three for a Teshuvah I came across recently, about a wedding with less than 10 people for a minyan, published in Russia in 1928 in the Journal Yagdil Torah edited by Rav Zevin and R’ Abramsky. All of the items mentioned in the Bibliography below are available from me free of charge – just e-mail me at [email protected]. English 1. Rabbi Elli Fischer, Rov in a Time of Cholera (here). 2. Dr. Eddie Reichman, From Cholera to Coronavirus: Recurring Pandemics, Recurring Rabbinic Responses (here). 3. Dr. Eddie Reichman, Incensed by Coronavirus: Prayer and Ketoret in Times of Epidemic (here). 4. Rabbi Gil Student, Talmudic Advice on Epidemics (here). 5. Dr. Tamara Morsel-Eisenberg, “Is It Permitted to Flee the City?” (here). Hebrew ר’ משה דוד צ’צ’יק, האיסור או החובה לברוח מן העיר בשעת המגפה, .1 כאן ר’ מנחם מענדל רוזנפלד, זמן מגיפה: הורים ילדים ומפחדים, כאן .2 נאמנו מאד, עדויות גדולי ישראל על הליכותיהם ומנהגיהם בימי חולי] .3 ומגיפה, אשר נאספו ונלקטו מתוך כתביהם וחיבוריהם, מכון ירושלים, [ספר שלם, 300 עמודים שמירת הסופר להינצל מחולי ומגפה מתורת החתם סופר [ספר שלם, קמא] .4 עמודים ר’ שמואל ויטל, סדר משמרה לזמן המגפה, מכתב יד, בההדרת ר’ ישראל .5 זאב גוטמאן אוסף של31 תשובות של הרב צבי שכטר שליט”א [בעברית וחלקם גם] .6 באנלגיש פסקי קורונה מאת הרב צבי שכטר שליט”א [51 עמודים] .7 מנחת אשר, לקט שיעורים תשובות אגרות ומאמרים הנוגעים למגפת] .8 הקורונה מאת הרב אשר וייס שליט”א [100 עמודים קונטרס פסקי הלכות, בשאלות שהזמן גרמן, מתוך כתבי ר’ אברהם יחיאל .9 סגל דויטש שליט”א ר’ צבי ריזמן, ‘צירוף למנין תפילה בציבור וברכת כהנים ב’בידוד .10 ’בקורונה קובץ תורני מה טובו אהליך יעקב, גליון י [כל הקובץ] [585 עמודים]] .11 [עניני פסח וקורונה קישור לאוסף מאמרים על חג הפסח והמגיפות בהיסטוריה, בספרות בפיוט .12 ובהגות. המאמרים פרי עטם של חברי וחברות סגל הפקולטה למדעי היהדות באוניברסיטת בר-אילן, כאן קובץ עץ חיים גליון לג [יש כמה מאמרים על קורונה] .13 Appendix One: In a post from a few years back I wrote about R’Yaakov Zahalon (1630-1693), a graduate of medical college in Rome, became a doctor at the age of twenty-six, and for several years, was also a Rav and Baal Darshan in Rome. He was famous for his important medical work, Otzar Ha-Hayyim. I also wrote a little about the work (see here). He was very involved in the famous plague in the ghetto of Rome in 1656, which he describes at length in his work, Otzar Ha-Hayyim. Here is the very interesting passage about it which has relevance today. Appendix One: Appendix Two: Appendix Three: [1] Mechkerey Sefer, pp. 90-99. See also Marvin Heller,Further Studies in the making of the early Hebrew Book, pp.79-90. See these recent posts here & here. [2] See for example about one in Italy 1630-1631: R’ Yehudah Aryeh Modena, The Autobiography of a Seventeenth Century Venetian Rabbi, pp.
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