Rabbi David ben Shlomo ibn Zimra, know as "the Radbaz" after the initials of his name, was born in Spain in about 1479. He was thirteen years old when the Jews were expelled from Spain and his family settled in Safed. (These details are contested by Aryeh Leib Frumkin, later to found the Frumkin wine … Continue reading Shu”t HaRaDBaZ, Part 5, by Rabbi David ben Shlomo ibn Zimra, Livorno (Leghorn) 1818.
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A Book of Jewish Thoughts by Chief Rabbi Dr. J. H. Hertz, Cairo, 1943.
I've previously written about another copy of this book: Dayan Gollop's copy of a Book of Jewish Thoughts. However, this one is a different and scarce edition. Rabbi Hertz's book was originally written for distribution to Jewish soldiers serving in the British forces in the First World War. It was handed out to countless Jewish … Continue reading A Book of Jewish Thoughts by Chief Rabbi Dr. J. H. Hertz, Cairo, 1943.
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