Halakhic Books/Works/Writings “Short apodictic summaries of halakhah are necessarily monolithic” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 February 2017 Short apodictic summaries of halakhah are necessarily monolithic. By contrast, discussions citing and accurately...
Babylonian Talmud, Beer, Wine “…it appears that wine was much more expensive in Babylonia than beer in the Talmudic period” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 February 2017 …it appears that wine was much more expensive in Babylonia than beer in the...
Jewish Books Passages Claimed to Be in the Zohar, But Not There Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 January 2017 In my article, I referred to passages in the Zohar which traditional authorities had...
Halakhic Books/Works/Writings, Rabbis “The firmness of R. lsserles finds its fullest expression in his commentary on the Shulchan Aruch” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 March 2016 The firmness of R. lsserles finds its fullest expression in his commentary on the...
Halakhic Books/Works/Writings, Hanukah “Many halachic authorities dating back to the Rishonim have suggested that the difficult winter weather played a role in the menorah’s being moved indoors” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 December 2015 Many halachic authorities dating back to the Rishonim have suggested that the difficult winter...
Halakhah, Halakhic Books/Works/Writings “…within Mishna Torah, there may be Talmudic laws which have been redefined or reformulated for anti-Qaraite reasons” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 November 2015 Professor Haym Soloveitchik has argued convincingly that the unique arrangement of Hilchos Shabbos in...
Jewish Books “Nudity in art was not ubiquitous in Eretz Yisrael and America, and it is not surprising that we woke up in the 20th century in American and EY and found these things surprising” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 October 2015 In response to the email from the Lakewood scholar, S. commented as follows: Another...
Jewish Books “Unfortunately, ArtScroll did not choose this to follow this honest, and common sense, approach” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 October 2015 I think everyone can understand that if people were simply allowed to emend or...
Jewish Books “…only applicable with the ancient Canaanites but not with regard to other non-Jews. This is false and ArtScroll knows it is false…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 October 2015 Ketubot 15a discusses the case of A killing B, when A actually intended to...
Halakhic Books/Works/Writings “The third element of the Tosafist enterprise, and the final stage chronologically, was the process of editing” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 September 2015 The third element of the Tosafist enterprise, and the final stage chronologically, was the...