tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post5037722288941899864..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: You won't see this sort of thing much anymore; Litvish rabbinic approbations in a Karaite's magnum opus.Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-73113722966296817812012-05-11T10:24:18.788-04:002012-05-11T10:24:18.788-04:00his great-grandfatherhis great-grandfatherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-62373510248247303812011-09-15T16:57:54.711-04:002011-09-15T16:57:54.711-04:00Not to mention the large collection he acquired fr...Not to mention the large collection he acquired from the Samaritans at Nablus, which would probably have been lost or looted by hostile Muslim and Ottoman rulers.Joels W. https://www.blogger.com/profile/07902859333047138964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-45212594611718610602011-09-15T16:34:32.047-04:002011-09-15T16:34:32.047-04:00Yosef, most of the items in the Firkovich collecti...Yosef, most of the items in the Firkovich collection are actually NOT forgeries. His forgeries consist of changing the dates on tombstones and perhaps adding some material to certain ancient colophons to Manuscripts. Most scholars today agree that the 'forgery charge' was grossly exaggerated.<br /><br />Methinks the communities of the Caucasus and the Krymchaks (Rabbanite Jews of Crimea) owe him a great deal of gratitude (in retrospect) for saving their heritage from later Nazi looters.Joels W. https://www.blogger.com/profile/07902859333047138964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-37111678957554964672010-01-18T00:31:33.570-05:002010-01-18T00:31:33.570-05:00Wikipedia has a whole list of forgeries this man d...Wikipedia has a whole list of forgeries this man did. Wow. He actually convinced the Russian Gov't as well.Yosef Greenberghttp://blog.yachdus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-42216981774012163262010-01-17T17:00:28.312-05:002010-01-17T17:00:28.312-05:00Nah, Rabbinowicz refers to him in complimentary te...Nah, Rabbinowicz refers to him in complimentary terms in Dikduke Sofrim. I am admittedly not a Firkowicz expert, and I know that Shir accused him of forgery, but the bulk of his forgeries did not come to light until after his death, and he would not have had a reputation as a forgerer while he was alive.<br /><br />In terms of the rest of this stuff, more to say later.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-43001062851440314432010-01-17T16:46:54.270-05:002010-01-17T16:46:54.270-05:00Consider the possibility that the haskamas are for...Consider the possibility that the haskamas are forged.TJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-23796755324200962802010-01-17T15:09:13.910-05:002010-01-17T15:09:13.910-05:00All the more remarkable since Firkovich was known ...All the more remarkable since Firkovich was known as a bit of an unsavory character (he was accused of forgery).Joels W. https://www.blogger.com/profile/07902859333047138964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-80155276690825940702010-01-17T03:26:30.827-05:002010-01-17T03:26:30.827-05:00interestinginterestingLion of Zionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342299133387602141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-67654837263465341442010-01-17T01:51:13.340-05:002010-01-17T01:51:13.340-05:00The Karaites and the Rabbanites enjoyed excellent ...The Karaites and the Rabbanites enjoyed excellent relations in Trakai (Lithuania)and its environs. It's really remarkable and someone needs to do more research about this.Joels W. https://www.blogger.com/profile/07902859333047138964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-61637198760242277272010-01-17T00:08:25.488-05:002010-01-17T00:08:25.488-05:00How indeed did he get these haskamas?
I'm ass...How indeed did he get these haskamas?<br /><br />I'm assuming that the last screenshot is not the Brisker Rav himself, as he lived much later. Correct?Yosef Greenberghttp://blog.yachdus.comnoreply@blogger.com