I have written before about Rabbi Shlomo Duran, the ‘Rashbash’, and his book, Sefer haRashbash, which was printed in Livorno in 1742 by Abraham Meldola. Livorno, on the west coast of Tuscany, is traditionally known as Leghorn in English. This book of novellae on three tractates of Talmud, Niddah, Rosh Hashana and Kinnim is by … Continue reading Chidushei HaRashbatz, by Rabbi Shimon ben Tzemach Duran, Livorno (Leghorn) 1742.
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The Golden Chain by Rabbi Simon Baumberg, London 1929.
This is an interesting book by a rather forgotten Chassidic Rabbi. Rabbi Simon Baumberg was born in Lodz in Poland in 1872. Dayan Lazarus wrote of him that his early Chassidic association left him a student of Jewish mysticism, the philosophical Kabbalah, while his grandfather imbued him with his own love for music. Rabbi Baumberg … Continue reading The Golden Chain by Rabbi Simon Baumberg, London 1929.
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