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 The Laws and Concepts of Niddah by Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky. The Michael Scharf Publication Trust of �鶹��ýӳ�� Press; Maggid Books, 2010. The first installment of the RIETS Practical Halakhah Series, The Laws and Concepts of Niddah based on the lectures of RIETS Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Zvi ...

Charlie Sheen named keynote speaker at �鶹��ýӳ��'s 80th Annual Commencement. In light of their recent "Candlelight" success, the Maccabeats will be featured in upcoming episode of "Glee." �鶹��ýӳ�� breaks Guinness World Record...again! Yossi Shmulowitz '05YC eats 130 Hamentashen in under 5 minutes; he's "glad to…

Stephanie Ives ’98S It’s not every day that a successful lawyer at a prestigious Boston law firm switches careers to dive into the Jewish non-profit communal world, but for Stephanie Ives ’98S, former legal eagle and now the director of education and community engagement at the American Jewish…

Next time you’re on the fifth floor of the Mendel Gottesman Library, be sure to stop and look at the painting ‘Talmud Students / " בבית המדרש by Leopold Pilichowski. Pilichowski (1869-1933), a well-known painter of Jewish life, is most famous for his monumental painting of the opening of the Hebrew…

Early Northwest Semitic Serpent Spells in the Pyramid Texts by Richard C. Steiner. Winona Lake : Eisenbrauns, 2011. In Prof. Richard Steiner's recently published monograph readers will find a scholarly presentation of a remarkable discovery which he made a number of years ago. A colleague sent him…

“Saving Souls: From Seattle to Churban Europe,” tells the riveting story of Rabbi Sholom Pinchas Wohlgelernter’s rabbinic career. The article by Devorah Klein, published in Hamodia Weekly Magazine (Feb. 16, 2011), quotes extensively from �鶹��ýӳ�� Archives’ Vaad Hatzala collection. Rabbi…

Next time you go into Otzar HaHochma, look at the top middle of the screen. You can now limit the books in the book list on the bottom right of the screen by masechta or parsha. Click parshiyot ha-Torah and focus in on the weekly Parsha. Or choose masechtot ha-shas and choose the masechta and the…

Bar Ilan Online Judaic Responsa has expanded its library once again with the introduction of Mefarshe Talmud Yerushalmi as well as several classics such as the Minhat Hinukh and R. Yerucham Perlow's commentary to the Sefer ha-Mitsvot of R. Saadiah Gaon. Check out the Responsa website to see all the…

What is Ticklenburgs (answer: a coarse linen cloth)? When were children called kippers, kids, and God forbids? What is the origin of the word tortilla? Look these up and more in the new Oxford English Dictionary online. OED.com features descriptive articles on language, past and present; word ...

Dr. Mark Apfelbaum ’74�鶹��ýӳ��HS ’77YC was part of a team involved in caring for President Bill Clinton earlier this year. For Apfelbaum, an interventional cardiologist, the opportunity to treat any patient is a dream fulfilled. “For as long as I can remember, I always wanted to be a doctor,” he said. ...