The Jacob Dolnitzky Memorial Volume: Studies in Jewish Law, Philosophy, Literature and language.
Skokie, Illinois: Hebrew Theological College, 1982. Hardbound. Octavo, blue cloth with gold lettering, frontispiece photo, 254, 50 pp. Very Good. Item #67536
ISBN: 0873063066
In English with a shorter Hebrew language section at the rear. Foreword by Irving J. Rosenbaum. Preface by Morris Casriel Katz. Appreciation by the Dolnitzky Family. Articles are "Reb Yaakov Dolnitzky: the Greatest Scholar and Teacher of Torah in Chicago from 1890 to 1922," Katz, "A Tribute to Rabbi Jacob Dolnitzky," Meyer H. Sackheim, "Reminscences of my Student Days in Chicago: 1915-1932," Katz, "Jacob Dolnitzky, the Great Teacher," Katz, "Understadnign and Misunderstanding Talmudic Sources," Marc D. Angel, "A Rational Conception of Mitzvot," Gersion Appel, "Why is Kol Nidre Associated with Yom Kippur," Abraham B. Besdin, "The Jewish Contribution to Law," Edmond Cahn, "Hebrew and Yiddish Words in American English/ and the Impact of Aramaic, Greek and latin on Hebrew," Katz, "Some Reflections in Studying the Daf Yomi - Baba Metzia," Manuel Laderman, "From Crucible to Rainbow: cultural pluralism and American Jewish fiction," David Mirsky, "Who Wrote the Will of Rabbi Judah He-Hasid?" Milton H. Polin, "The Thirteenth Tribe, the Khazars and the Origins of East European Jewry," Bernard Rosenweig, "If a Man Die Shall He Live Again?" David S. Shapiro, "Re-introducing the Melamed to the Community: Jewish teacher pratices in European countries, 16th-18th centuries," Alvin I Schiff, "Religion and Federation," Isac N. Trainin, "The Meshumad and Mumar in Talmudic Literature," Stanley M. Wagner, "Local Jewish Historical Societies in the United States and Canada," Bernard Wax, "Covenantal Imperatives," Walter S. Wurzburger. Articles in the Hebrew section are "B'din Neder Shehutar Miktzato," Benjamin Bak, "Commentary on the Passover Haggadah by Rabbenu Yehudah ben Rabbi Yakar," Charles B. Chavel, "HaYahaduth b'Torath HaIslam," Abraham I. Katsh, "The Centrality of the Concept Chesed," Emanuel Rackman.
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