This book was one of several ambitious publishing attempts by London Chassidic Rabbi Joseph Shaposhnick. Rabbi Joseph Shaposhnick (Shapotshnick) was eventually to become, after he emigrated to London, a controversial and divisive rabbi in the rabbinical world. He was born in Kishinev in 1882 and in 1902, when he was just 20 years old, long … Continue reading Shas HaKollel, by Rabbi Joseph Shaposhnick, London, 1921. (Post # 600)
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The Threefold Cord by Dayan Bernard Spiers, London, Wertheimer, Lea & Co., 1891.
From 1876 the London Beth Din (the Ecclesiastical Court) consisted of Chief Rabbi Nathan Adler, his son, Hermann Adler, and Dayan Bernard Spiers. Bernard Spiers was a Polish-born Rabbi of the old school who was popular in the East End of London. He was concerned to spread Jewish education to the British-born established London Jewish … Continue reading The Threefold Cord by Dayan Bernard Spiers, London, Wertheimer, Lea & Co., 1891.
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