Rabbi Ferber's first book about Sefer Bereishis (Genesis), Kerem HaTzvi, which he titled in English 'The Vineyard of Beauty', of which I have written about before, was printed in Vienna in 1920. Now, almost forty years after that first book, he wrote another commentary on Bereishis. It is a completely different work. As he explains … Continue reading Sefer Kerem HaTorah al Sefer Bereishis, by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Ferber, London 1956.
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Yalkut Yechezkel by Rabbi Yechezkel Cohen of Sunderland, 1924
Rabbi Yechezkel Chatza Cohen was born in Krotingen in Lithuania in 1842, and emigrated to Sunderland, following other members of his town in about 1888. His original family name was Liebsohn, and he was a teacher of Talmud as well as a businessman. He published this book towards the end of a long life in … Continue reading Yalkut Yechezkel by Rabbi Yechezkel Cohen of Sunderland, 1924