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From: Jerusalem Books <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [ha-Safran]: August News from Jerusalem Books
Dear Friends,
May we come out of these difficult times safer and stronger.
I have just seen the work, the Fire and the
Light, by Herman Kahan. It is one of those
moving holocaust memoires that provide important
historical detail of the ghetto of Maramoros,
Sighet, Transylvania, 1944 and the deportation,
torture and extermination of that and surrounding
Romanian/Hungarian Jewish communities. He
describes much detail of that time as well as
Jewish life before the holocaust and the travails
of reconstructing his life in Europe and
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be learned. Important figures play roles in this
history including R Weiss Halivny, who later
became a Columia University professor and the
parallel histories of the authors many friends
and even the Teitelbaum (rabbinic dynasty.) The
book includes some important Jewish, holocaust
theology and midrash. The catch is that the book
is a translation of his autobiography published
in Norway 1999. I believe that shouldnt matter
and this book should get wide distribution. Cat. #58744, $22.00
Meir Havatzelet and Yossef Tubi, well known
scholars, have edited and translated a 15th Cent.
Yemenite manuscript entitled, Shoel u-Meshiv,
a midrashic allegorical commentary on Torah and
Haftora. This work which will be of interest to
Jewish Studies scholars for decades to come, is
published by Afikim, Tel Aviv 2006, Cat. #60684 $20.50
Also in the area of Sifrei Kodesh Rabbinics,
please note, Eretz Ha-Moriah, on Bible,
Biblical Hebrew, linguistics and Jewish Theology,
by Yehiel Bin Nun. The work is significant,
scholarly and a must have. Cat. #60671, $28.00
We have also recently acquired new material from
Raphael Kohen, who as some of you know is a self
publisher of Mystical, Kabbalistic material from manuscripts.
While their have been many criticisms of the
expense of the material and the typographical
errors (in the 1-2 page English abstracts), we
have found that there has been consistent
scholarly interest in his work. The most
frustrating of all have been his plethora of
photocopied, crudely bound works around 20 pages, selling from aprox. $30-40-!!
Unlike his other works, Raphael Kohen has
published Psalms with commentary according to
the Kabbala, and includes the commentary of over
10 Kabbalistic Sages, including, among others,
RAvraham ben Samuel Abulafia, R Yehoshua bar
Shmuel Nahmias, R Simon ben Zemah Duran. This
Hebrew work hardcover, is over 200 pages, and has
the collection of commentaries as footnotes to
the text. The Hebrew title is Tehilim im Perush
Le'Or ha-Kabbalah. Cat.#60578 $78.00
They are entitled, Rabbi Solomon ben Israel
Peretz Commentary on the Holidays halakhic
reasons according to Rabbi Joseph Caro book
Shulkhan Arokh
., isbn 965-7331-05-6 (our price
$ 99.-) - R' Shelomoh (Saliman) Ben Yisrael
Perets Perush Ta'amei Halachot Hagim al Shulhan
Arukh. Cat.#60576 and the other volume is
entitled, Rabbi Solomon ben Israel Peretz
Commentary on the Slaughter Halakhic reasons
isbn 965 -7331- 0408. R' Shelomoh (Saliman) Ben
Yisrael Perets Perush Ta'amei Halachot Shitah al
Shulhan Arukh le-R' Yosef Karo. Cat.#60577 $130.00
The works are from a previously unpublished (19th
Cent.) manuscript by R Sliman a sage of Morocco,
and Rabbinic Judge who emigrated to Israel and
lived in Tiberius until his death in 1976. The
books contain a table of contents both in Hebrew
and English and have footnotes as well as indices
by subject, as well as references to other
languages including arabic and a table of
abbreviations. The scholarly treatment of these
works, the commentary and analysis of R Caro,
the references to coins, weights, the references
to hosts of sages from the 12-19th centuries and
extensive index of talmudic references make these
works interesting, worthwhile and a source for future research.
And last of all, please note that all shipping
issues are back to normal. No need to worry.
Sincerely,
Jeff
Jerusalem Books, pob 26190
Jerusalem 91261, Israel
<http://www.jerusalembooks.co.il>www.jerusalembooks.co.il
tel/fax 972-2-643-3580
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