Author: Simcha Fishbane

This book discusses the development of practices associated with customs and artifacts used in Jewish ceremonies when viewed from the vantage of an...

Jewish custom and ritual, or their Hebrew equivalent, minhag, has intrigued rabbis and scholars for generations. The majority of the rabbinical wor...

The ayei Adam, an abridged code of Jewish law, was written by Rabbi Avraham Danzig (1748-1820) and was first published in 1810. This code spread qu...

The Jewish intellectual tradition has a long and complex history that has resulted in significant and influential works of scholarship. In this boo...