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How Various Poskim Related to Texts That Disappeared and Were not Used and not Known and Then Reappeared After Centuries. Accusations of Forgery of Rabbinic Texts. - Feb 22, 2026 - Harry Grunstein. IDF: Attitude of Ponevitch students vs. Har Hamor students. Sefer Mesoret Moshe as source of conversations with R' Moshe Feinstein: Rashbam on Genesis 22:1: God provoked Avraham & caused him pain is a forgery. The Akeidah was crucial to our ability to survive. Were recently discovered manuscripts in a genizah as a result of being rejected? The Rav & the Frankel Rambam. Torah, Chazal & Science by R' Moshe Meiselman. Rejection of tekheilet within Soloveitchik family. Chazon Ish on discovered manuscripts. חידוש כן אבל שינוי לא. Rescue of an agunah by Joseph Gutnick and R' Bistritzky. Walls of the sukkah: The many leniencies. Relating to Meiri as a curiosity not a primary source. Which rabbinic texts are relevant for psak? Rema, Choshen Mishpat, 25:2: Yes, use newly discovered texts for psak. The Rav searched through Rambam manuscripts for his uncle's work, Avodat Hamelekh. Mishneh Halakhot 12:214: R' Klein opposes R' Moshe Feinstein's rejection of the book Tziyuni ציוני—this R' Moshe responsum is a forgery. Why it can't be a forgery. The book, Jewish State, by Doron Perez. A book on davening. שליחות בהלכה contest. The Rav's letter explaining why he stayed in the US.

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The Publication of the Book Tziyuni in Zurich by R' Lange. Why the Total Opposition to Publication of This Book in Any Form by R' Moshe Feinstein. The Fraenkel Article in the Journal Ma'ayan of Sha'alvim. Poalei Agudath Yisrael. - Feb 15, 2026 - R' Dr. Alter Metzger. The Lubavitcher Rebbe's illness: Hospital or not? IDF women singing. Jastrow. המעין Journal of Sha'alvim: Song of gratitude. What impacted on חסידי אשכנז to pasken lechumrah more than Sefardim. Crusades. Rema. Speyer massacres. R' Yehudah HaChasid. His student R' Menachem Zioni. His book Tziyuni ציוני. Lack of a definitive manuscript. Republishing the book in Zurich by ר' לנגה. Is the claim of the transfer of Hallel Hagadol to Tehillim by King David literal or allegorical? R' Moshe Feinstein Igrot Moshe Yoreh Deah 3:114-5: Do not print or sell this book even a censored version. Why this book is more dangerous than books of apikorsim. The scribes merging marginal notes into original authors' manuscripts. Poalei Agudath Yisrael. The Hama'ayan Journal, No. 240 Tevet תשפ"ב, pg. 26 (https://tinyurl.com/35mnkr8c) Prof. אביעזרי פרנקל article: The disputants must appear together before a פוסק. This was not the case here. Strange comment in this book that mishkav zakhar is forbidden because of demographics, i.e., need for children. Fraenkel explains why in reality responsa are written without everyone involved together with the פוסק.

מענה לאגרות: An attack on R' Moshe

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Torah in USA in Late 1800s. Mishneh Halakhot - R' Menashe Klein Vol. 5 No. 123 The R' Marcus Jastrow Dictionary. Jastrow's Dealings with his Congregation. R' Hirsch. Mendelssohn. Shabbtai Tzvi. R' Halberstam. Christian Missionary Bibles - Feb 8, 2026 - YU Israel Kollel's 50th anniversary. IDF choir containing women. All new technology is for Torah benefit–examples. Stories showing what Torah observance was like in the late 1800s in the US focusing on Reform. R' Abraham Rice (Reiss). R' Regensberg of Chicago vs. R' Ahron. R' Riskin. Mishneh Halakhot (MH) 5:123: R' Marcus Jastrow (MJ) dictionary. His dealings with his congregation. Megillat Esther: MJ's compromise & innovation. MJ's great knowledge & ability. R' Hirsch compared to the Rav. The 3 skills of a translator: 1) Know the original language & its rhythm 2) same for 2nd language 3) Know the material well. Isaac Levy translation of R' Hirsch – its weakness. Burn Torah written by apikorus. MH: Get rid of dictionary. Austritt then & now in Israel. Moshe Mendelssohn. Applying how Shabbtai Tzvi was dealt with to Mendelssohn. Divrei Chaim by R' Chaim Halberstam of Sanz & his father-in-law R' Boruch Frankel-Teomim: Burn or bury problematic books? Machine vs. hand matzah. Tanakh + New Testament printed for Christian missionaries: Don't use it. Don't burn it. Dispose. R' Menashe Klein: Don't use MJ dictionary, just dispose. Undaunted—by R' David Eliezrie—on the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe.

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