Category Archives: Marc B. Shapiro

Artscroll Vs Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Luke Ford

In his third lecture on Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin, history professor Marc B. Shapiro says: I expected Obama to win. I did not vote for him. Rav Zevin wrote Ha’moadim Be’halachah – halachic studies of the Jewish festivals. When this … Continue reading →

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Should Ordinary Jews Study Talmud?

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Luke Ford

Historian Marc B. Shapiro writes: In all the discussions recently about the success of Daf Yomi, I didn’t see anyone note that one of the reasons this success is so surprising is that the whole notion of Daf Yomi goes … Continue reading →

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Secular Studies In Lithuania

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Luke Ford

Historian Marc B. Shapiro writes: Although in the U.S. the Telz yeshiva adopted a very anti-secular studies perspective, this was not the case in Europe. R. Joseph Leib Bloch was very involved with the Yavneh day school system in Lithuania, … Continue reading →

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A World Congress Of Rabbis

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Luke Ford

Historian Marc B. Shapiro writes: In a 1931 letter to R. Kook, Iggerot la-Re’iyah, no. 273, the Kovno Rav asks R. Kook if he agrees with him that a world congress of rabbis should be convened – אספת רבנים עולמית … Continue reading →

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When Agudat Israel Did Things

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Luke Ford

Historian Marc B. Shapiro writes: …it brings us back to a time when Agudat Israel actually did something other than put on a big Daf Yomi celebration every seven years.[6] There was a time when Agudat Israel tried to accomplish … Continue reading →

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