Last updated: 8 Shvat 5769, Feb. 2, 2009
Essays and Divrei Torah
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Seforim:
Please note: Some of the works and essays available below are in Hebrew, in Davkawriter format. If you do not have the Davkawriter program, please go to
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Bigdei Shesh on Sefer Shoftim
(318 pages, in Hebrew) based on the Nach b’Machashava Brandman Tape Library series (see below), with the haskomos of Rabbi Simcha Zisel Broide and Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg (see below). Feldheim Publishers, Jerusalem, Israel - Nanuet, NY
Eruvin in Modern Metropolitan Areas
(the pamphlet edition is now fully available online, see note at top of file!)
A 62 page pamphlet with diagrams in English. The work bears Haskamos of: Rabbi Yaakov Weinberg, Rosh HaYeshiva, Yeshivas Ner Yisroel, Baltimore, MD and Rabbi Shlomo Miller, Rosh HaKollel, Kollel Avreichim of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada. The 140 page hardcover edition with many beautiful illustrations, now in its second edition, is published by Feldheim and available online and at seforim stores.
Bigdei Shesh on Masechta Bava Basra
363 pages, 55 simanim in Halacha, 5 simanim in Agada, hundreds of he'aros al pi seder hadapim. The Sefer bears Haskamos of: Rabbi Simcha Zisel Broide, Rosh HaYeshiva, Yeshivas Chevron, Jerusalem. Rabbi Leib Bakst, Rosh HaYeshiva, Yeshivas Ateres Mordechai, Oak Park, MI. Rabbi Zalman Nechemiah Goldberg, Rosh HaKollel, Kollel Shevet U'Mechokek & Dayan, Jerusalem. Rabbi Refael Shmuelevitz, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshivas Mir, Jerusalem. (We hope in the future IY”H to make selected simanim available here in pdf format.)
Bigdeh Shesh: "Think, Ask, Internalize!"
Click here for soft cover: http://www.lulu.com/content/308446
Click here for hard cover: http://www.lulu.com/content/244133
From the publisher's blurb: "This title of one of the many gems within this volume sums up the writings of Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer. Whether it’s Chassidus vs. Misnagdus, Talmud Yerushalmi, Eruvin, Medical Ethics, History, Biographies, or any number of Hashkafic topics, the Bigdeh Shesh never ceases to bring up something new, something interesting, and most importantly, something to think about! Please Note: Some of the hebrew text in a couple of articles did not come out during publishing. The editor apologizes for this oversight. Price is profit-free. Only lulu makes money as a printing fee. Download: FREE."
Essays, Articles, Etc.:
Bitachon, Hishtadlus, Histapkus, The Jewish Observer, Agudath Israel of America, New York, NY.
Zemiros for Leil Shabbos and Shabbos Morning (Hebrew, pdf file).
Forks in the Road: Old Divisions, Modern Ramifications. (One of my personal favorites)
Please see the special AishDas index of Rabbi Avraham Eliyahu Kaplan zt”l’s essays and poems.
B’ikvos HaRav Avraham Eliyahu Kaplan zt”l (Hebrew), Ha'Ma'ayan,Mossad Yitzchak Breuer, Jerusalem, Israel (Expanded and revised version of the essay above, in two pdf files).
Elul in Slabodka, Yated Ne'eman, Jerusalem, Israel - New York, NY.
Good Chumros?, The Jewish Observer, Agudath Israel of America, New York, NY. (Another favorite)
Do You Know Where Your Yetzer Ha'Tov Is?
(A different version of the essay above, based on “Pinnochio”)
Facing the Machashavah Challenge, Jewish Action, Orthodox Union, New York, NY.
A Primary Conduit of Torah, The Jewish Observer, Agudath Israel of America, New York, NY.
Imposing Black on White on Matters that are Gray, Jewish Action,Orthodox Union, New York, NY.
Mezuzos, Machlokos and Eilu va'Eilu Divrei Elokim Chayim, The Jewish Observer, New York, NY.
The Other Daf Yomi..., The Jewish Observer, Agudath Israel of America, New York, NY.
The Talmud Yerushalmi on Kodashim, Or Shmuel, HTC, Skokie, IL (pdf file).
"Der Aufstieg": Dr. Nathan Birnbaum ZT"L, Ascent and Agudah, The Jewish Observer, Agudath Israel of America, New York, NY.
Must We Be Idealists? Yated Ne'eman, Jerusalem, Israel - New York, NY.
Judaism and Racism: An Unpublished Letter from an Anonymous Source
Changing Neighborhoods: May the Jews Leave?, Or Shmuel, HTC, Skokie,IL (pdf file).
Agudas Emes v'Shalom in Yeshivas Telshe (Hebrew), Ha'Ma'ayan, Mossad Yitzchak Breuer, Jerusalem, Israel (in two pdf files).
Judaism and Counseling: Comparisons and Perspectives, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
B'Inyan Yachid Mumcheh: Beur ba'Yerushalmi Sanhedrin (Hebrew), Yeshurun,New York, NY(pdf file).
Mitzvah LeChashev Tekufos uMazalos (Hebrew), Zevach Mishpachah,Jerusalem, Israel (pdf file).
Recycling in Halacha (Hebrew), Techumin, Zomet, Alon Shvut, Gush Etzion, Israel (pdf file).
Beur b’Sugyas Takfo Kohen v’Safek Bechor (Hebrew), Ohr HaMizrach, New York, NY (pdf file).
Chayav Adam LeHakbil Pnei Rabbo baRegel (Hebrew), Or Shmuel, HTC, Skokie, IL (pdf file).
Ger Toshav (Hebrew), Or Shmuel, HTC, Skokie, IL (pdf file).
Kinyan uTefisah (Hebrew), Or Shmuel, HTC, Skokie, IL (pdf file).
Chiddushim BeMeseches Pesachim (Hebrew), Or Shmuel, HTC, Skokie, IL (pdf file).
Chiddushim BeMeseches Kesuvos (Hebrew), Or Shmuel, HTC, Skokie, IL (pdf file).
Torah as Biography: Three Seforim of or about HaRav Yosef Dov HaLevi Soloveitchik zt"l
Halachos of Amirah l'Nochri b'Shabbos
A Lighthearted Analysis of Various Methodologies of Talmud Study (Darchei Limud)
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