Collaborative image and media repositories

For your use, here are a few recommendations for image (and sometimes video) sites, some of which are free to use and some of which require credit. (Even in databases where credit is not required, it is appropriate to give credit.)   In any case, it is your responsibility to verify the terms of use […]

Scanning course materials (lecturers)

Lecturers who need to scan materials (required reading only) for college courses, or for research purposes, can contact the library staff in one of the following ways: For multiple items in the syllabus: Send an email with the bibliographic details of the required items to library@herzog.ac.il . Please indicate the name of the course and which campus it will […]

Copyright warning

(Please read the following before viewing and using external sources) Copyright is the exclusive right to make any use of a work or part of it – copying, publishing, public performance, etc. The Copyright Law, 5768-2007  protects an original work of any kind – literary, artistic, dramatic or musical – that is fixed or imprinted in […]

Galicia & Bukovina Institute

Ad Hana Institute – For the Study and Documentation of Galician and Bukovina Jewry galiciascholars@gmail.com In the fall of 2015, a center for research and study of the Jewish heritage of Galicia and Bukovina was established at Herzog College. With an emphasis on the Torah heritage: the scholarly and spiritual nature of this heritage. The […]

Amital Institute for Holocaust Research and Teaching

Research Institute The Rabbi Amital Institute for Holocaust Research and Teaching at Herzog College was established in order to instill Holocaust awareness among teachers and educators based on a perception that sees the Holocaust as an important component in building Jewish and religious identity in our generation. The Institute focuses on the study of religious […]

About – Eye for Zion Tzofia Conference

From the conference rationale “The purpose of the conference is to present research innovations dealing with the yearning for the Land of Israel over the generations, from antiquity to recent times, from the various research disciplines of Jewish studies. The goal of the conference is to present research in which innovation is not specific but […]

Midrash of the Sages

Dr. Yoav Barzily The commentaries first printed in this edition were written at the beginning of the sixteenth century in Italy, by an anonymous author. The extensive vocabulary of commentaries allows for a thorough acquaintance with the commentator and his unique way of interpreting, which combines a declared peshat interpretation with philosophical influences and with […]

The Talmud of Geonim

    Prof. Uziel Fuchs The Babylonian Talmud has been the foundational book of the Oral Law, whether in its intensive study or in its halakhic rulings, for over a thousand years. This centrality was shaped during the period of the Geonim. During this period, it moved from oral delivery to manuscript writing, its wording […]

Sermons from the Changes of Rage – Facsimile Edition

      Prof. Daniel Reiser This book brings the sermons of Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmiš Shapira, the Rebbe of Piaseczna, which were studied during the years of the Holocaust (1940-1942) in the Warsaw Ghetto, according to his manuscript preserved at the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw. The collection of sermons was given in the “Years of […]

Midrash of the Genesis Story

Dr Ezra Kahalani Midrash Agdat Bereshit is a midrash on the book of Genesis, with a unique structure that is unparalleled in the midrashic literature we have. It includes twenty-eight units, each of which consists of three chapters: Parik Torah – dealing with a verse from the book of Genesis; Parik Nevi’im – dealing with […]

Conference lectures in honor of the publication of the book

Midrash of the legend of Genesis A conference in honor of the launch of the book: A Midrash of the Legend of Genesis, a Qur’anic edition with an introduction and explanation by Dr. Ezra Kahalani It took place on Sunday, the eighth candle of Hanukkah 1 on Tevet 5.12.21 at Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem

Sermons from the Years of Rage

Prof. Daniel Reiser This book presents the sermons of Rabbi Klonymus Kalamish Shapira, the Rebbe of Piastne, delivered during the years of the Holocaust (1945–1949) in the Warsaw Ghetto, according to his manuscript , which is preserved at the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw. The collection of sermons was given during the “years of rage,” […]

Sermons from the Years of Rage

Sermons preached by Rabbi Klonymus Kalamish Shapira, the Rebbe  of Piacenza, During the Holocaust years (1949-1952) in the Warsaw  ghetto.  The collection of sermons was given to the underground archive ‘Oneg Shabbat’ during the Holocaust, It was buried in a milk jug and found under the ruins of the ghetto after the Holocaust. This database […]

Rabbi Yosef Hayon’s commentary on Jeremiah

Dr. Yohanan Kapach Rabbi Yosef Hayon was one of the greatest rabbis of Portugal in the generation before the expulsion from Spain. Among his students were Rabbi David ben Rabbi Shlomo n’ Yehia and Rabbi Yosef Ya’evetz the Hassid, and even Rabbi Yitzchak Abarbanel turned to him in his youth with questions. Hayon’s comprehensive commentary […]

Midrash Icha Zuta – Scientific Edition with Introduction

    Dr. Anat Reizel Midrash Icha Zuta is a midrash of agdah with a unique structure, reflecting its being a composition created by combining two different midrashim – an exegetical midrash that includes sermons on the first three verses of the Boo k of Lamentations, and a sermonic midrash that includes sermons on verses […]

Rabbi Klonimos Kalamish Shapira

By: Daniel Reiser Rabbi Klonimos Kalman Shapira was born on Shabbat morning, Parashat Pinchas, 14 Tammuz 5779, July 13, 1889, to his father Rabbi Elimelech Shapira, the Rebbe of Grodzisk (1824-1892), and to his mother Rebbetzin Hanna Bracha Sternfeld (1862-1939), daughter of the Rebbe Rabbi Chaim Shmuel of Hanczyn. Before he was three years old, […]

The total additions table

The purpose of this huge table is to extensively and fully map the Tosafot sections in Ramban’s commentary on the Torah. This mapping can serve as a tool for understanding the stages of writing the Tosafot by Ramban. On the other hand, the table can be used to understand the relationship between the manuscripts, and […]

File structure explanation

Explanation of the file structure: The files are written in Excel. Each file contains dozens of sheets. The tab associated with each sheet displays the number of the section and the chapter and verse to which it belongs. Each sheet contains at least one additional section, plus sections of commentary before and after the additional […]

Genesis legend

Midrash Aggad Bereishit – Synopsis Midrash Agdat Bereshit is a midrash on the book of Genesis, with a unique structure.  It includes twenty-eight units, each of which consists of three chapters:  Parik Torah – on a verse from Bereshit,  Parik Nevi’im – on a verse from the Prophets, and Parik Ketubim – on a verse from the Psalms.  This […]

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