Pri Megadim (Choice Fruits) is by Rabbi Yosef Meir Teomim, head of the rabbinical court of Frankfort on the Oder. It is a deep and comprehensive learned explanation of two previous commentaries on the Shulchan Aruch and is often quoted by the Chofetz Chaim in his Mishnah Berurah. This is the third edition, printed in … Continue reading Pri Megadim on Yoreh Deah by Rabbi Yosef Teomim, Frankfort on the Oder, 1801.
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Social Legislation in the Talmud, by Rabbi Dr. I. Epstein, Torah Va’Avodah Library, London, 1947.
This book was published by the “Bachad Fellowship” in England. Bachad, which are the initial letters of Brit Chalutzim Datiim, the orthodox Jewish pioneering movement, was started in Germany in 1928. It’s purpose was to equip young orthodox religious Jews with agricultural or other skills which they could use, eventually to settle in British mandated … Continue reading Social Legislation in the Talmud, by Rabbi Dr. I. Epstein, Torah Va’Avodah Library, London, 1947.
Tell It In Gath, British Jewry & Clause 43, The Inside Story, by Abba Bornstein and Bernard Home, London 1972.
One of the great Anglo-Jewish controversies of the early 1970s was the struggle over Clause 43 of the constitution of the Board of Deputies. I remember it well – for full disclosure I was briefly a member of the Board of Deputies in 1971-72. Being young and anti-establishment, I remember regarding the President of the … Continue reading Tell It In Gath, British Jewry & Clause 43, The Inside Story, by Abba Bornstein and Bernard Home, London 1972.
Jews’ College, Hundred and Eighth Annual Report, London 1965.
In 1965 Jews' College, in its newish building off Montague Square in London, was thriving. Unlike the earlier reports that I have, 1937, 1939, 1951 and 1955, Jews' College students in 1965 included people who are still around or well remembered today. All the lists are below. The Governing Body and Committees, the Teaching Staff, … Continue reading Jews’ College, Hundred and Eighth Annual Report, London 1965.
Sefer Knesses Yosef by Rabbi Dayan Zalman Yosef Aloni (Dubow), Dublin, 1959.
This book was published ten years after Dayan Aloni's book Degel Yosef (about which I have written before). It is a book about mikvaos (ritual baths), printed by C. George in London. The book has a haskamah (approbation) from Rabbi Isaac Halevi Herzog, who had been the Chief Rabbi of Ireland and was then appointed … Continue reading Sefer Knesses Yosef by Rabbi Dayan Zalman Yosef Aloni (Dubow), Dublin, 1959.
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