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Shnayer Z. Leiman

HISTORY

Who is Buried in the Vilna Gaon’s Tomb?

The commemoration of the 200th yahrzeit of the Vilna Gaon (19 Tishrei, 1797-1997) last year saw the transformation of the Gaon from unrivaled Torah scholar and pietist to Lithuanian national…

BOOKS

The Adventure of the Maharal of Prague in London: R. Yudl Rosenberg and the Golem of Prague

In this essay, Shnayer Leiman, professor of Jewish history and literature at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, explains how the legend of the Golem of Prague…

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"Asher Yotzar”: A Lesson in Medicine 

"And all I could think of was that small vein, open, and spilling out that precious red life fluid."

THE RAV

1993—Faith and Intellect: The Impact of the Rav

Sometime in the latter part of the 19th century, Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, the Brisker Rav and great-grandfather of the…

INSIDE PHILANTHROPY

$1.1 Million Gift Dedicated to New Home for Sderot’s Youth

Upon visiting Sderot in 2019 and learning about the myriad physical and emotional challenges affecting the city’s youth as a…

INSPIRATION

Man of G-d: Remembering Rabbi Moshe Hauer

Rabbi Hauer used this mindset and framework to believe in everyone’s potential, even those whom others didn’t believe in—or those who didn’t believe in…

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