ReligiousKochavei Ohrכוכבי אורAuthor: Abraham ChazanCollection of Bratslav Hasidic teachings gathered by Abraham Chazan.Read — History
LiteraryZekhut ha-Tze'akahזכות הצעקהAuthor: Yosef Haïm BrennerEssay in Hebrew by Yosef Haïm Brenner ("The Right to Cry").Read — History
UncategorizedParahName of a treatise of the Mishnah and the Tosefta, included in the order Ṭohorot. The Pentateuchal law (Num. xix.) prescribes that a red heifer, "without defect and upon which a yoke has never been placed," be burned and its ashes mixed with spring water, so that the compound…Read — History
UncategorizedPsaumes, Midrash Sur LesMidrash aggadique, known since the eleventh century, when it was cited by Nathan of Rome in his "'Aruk" (_s.v._ ), by R. Isaac b. Judah ibn Ghayyat in his "Halakot" (1b), and by Rashi in his…Read — History
ReligiousPetaḥ Einayimפתח עינייםAuthor: Hayyim Yosef David Azoulaï (le Hida)Commentary on the Aggadot of the Talmud by Hayyim Yosef David Azoulaï (the Hida).Read — History
ReligiousḤasdei Avotחסדי אבותAuthor: Hayyim Yosef David Azoulaï (le Hida)Commentary on Pirqé Avot by Hayyim Yosef David Azoulaï (the Hida).Read — History
ReligiousSimḥat HaRegelשמחת הרגלAuthor: Hayyim Yosef David Azoulaï (le Hida)Commentary (Ruth and Haggada de Pessah) by Hayyim Yosef David Azoulaï (the Hida).Read — History
ReligiousḤomat Anakhחומת אנ"ךAuthor: Hayyim Yosef David Azoulaï (le Hida)Commentary on the Tanakh by Hayyim Yosef David Azoulaï (the Hida).Read — History
LiteraryGentleman's Agreementהסכם ג'נטלמניAuthor: Laura Z HobsonNovel by Laura Z. Hobson (1947) on antisemitism in postwar America.Read — History
LiteraryFishke the LameAuthor: Mendele Mocher SforimNovel by Mendele Mocher Sforim (Fishke der Krumer).Read — History
UncategorizedYesh Shoftim be-Israelיש שופטים בישראלAuthor: Menachem BeginText attributed to Menachem Begin.Read — History
ReligiousMarit HaAyinמראית העיןAuthor: Hayyim Yosef David Azoulaï (le Hida)Talmudic Novellae (ḥiddushim) by Hayyim Yosef David Azoulaï (the Hida).Read — History
UncategorizedOẓar Ha-sifrutHebrew Yearbook dedicated to Jewish literature, science, poetry and letters; founded by Isaac Shaltiel Gräber in Yaroslav, Galicia, in 1887. During the first three years it was published regularly; but the fourth volume appeared only in 1892, while…Read — History
UncategorizedShaḥar AbaḳḳshkaMorning Hymn composed around 1050 by Solomon ibn Gabirol (Zunz, "Literaturgesch." p. 188), whose name appears in an acrostic. It is cited in the prayer book of the Sephardim, and particularly among the "supplications" that follow the same "Keter Malkut" of…Read — History
ReligiousPiyyut « Asher yatzar or »אשר יצר אורAuthor: Efraim ben IsaakReligious Work by Efraim ben Isaak.Read — History
MysticalMatok miDvashמתוק מדבשAuthor: Daniyel FrishCommentary on the Zohar by Daniel Frisch, making Aramaic accessible.Read — History
LiteraryMinhat Yehuda Soné ha-Nashimמנחת יהודה שונא הנשיםAuthor: Judah ibn ShabbethaiSatirical Maqama by Judah ibn Shabbetaï, « The offering of Judah the enemy of women ».Read — History
LegalHilchot Medinaהלכות מדינהAuthor: Eliezer WaldenbergWork by Eliezer Waldenberg on halakhic questions posed by a sovereign Jewish state.Read — History
ReligiousKuntres Divrei Soferimקונטרס דברי סופריםAuthor: Elchonon WassermanTreatise by Elhanan Wasserman on the principles of rabbinical law and the treatment of doubt in halakha.Read — History
UncategorizedPseudo-phocylidesA Judeo-Hellenistic poet and author of a didactic poem in epic style of 250 verses. He adopted the name of the ancient gnomic bard Phocylides of Miletus; and medieval scholars, without regard for criticism, accepted his composition as a genuine classical work.…Read — History
LiteraryBreaking NewsAuthor: Mihail SebastianPlay by Mihail Sebastian (1945), written in Romanian.Read — History
ReligiousMinhag Americaמנהג אמריקהAuthor: Isaac Mayer WiseReformed prayer ritual composed by Isaac Mayer Wise for American Jewish congregations.Read — History
UncategorizedRévélationJewish Origin. The last book of the New Testament canon, but in fact one of the oldest; probably the only Judeo-Christian work that survived the Pauline transformation of the Church. The introductory verse betrays the complicated nature of the whole…Read — History
UncategorizedMenaḥotTreatise of the Mishnah, the Tosefta and the Babylonian Talmud. It deals mainly with the more detailed rules governing the various kinds of peace offerings mentioned in Lev. ii. 5, 11-13; vi. 7-11; vii. 9, 10; xxiii. 13, 16; Num. v. 11 _et seq._, vi.…Read — History
