tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post4810972655079520171..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: והצדיקו את הצדיק - explaining a bibliographical error in the Seder Ha-dorotMississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-56303707392575449092013-01-14T12:58:58.475-05:002013-01-14T12:58:58.475-05:00By the way, here is the Suriname synagogue mention...By the way, here is the Suriname synagogue mentioned in that first work. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Paramaribo_synogogue.jpg Beautiful building.Pactura Observahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312077443316784070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-2066509911876908582013-01-14T11:20:49.430-05:002013-01-14T11:20:49.430-05:00Does that mean that smicha given by Rabbi Baer Lon...Does that mean that smicha given by Rabbi Baer London isn't valid?<br />This is also the essence of the story of Lieutenant Kizhe (as in Prokofiev's Lt. Kizhe Suite).Abul Bannatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-72096893957074163502013-01-14T10:52:49.738-05:002013-01-14T10:52:49.738-05:00Never heard that one, but I love it! Would have be...Never heard that one, but I love it! Would have been slightly better if the name was "Yossele Helvetica."S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-68898598622112752902013-01-14T02:48:21.946-05:002013-01-14T02:48:21.946-05:00The mythical Baer London reminds me of the Ephraim...The mythical Baer London reminds me of the Ephraim Kishon story about a typesetter named Isaac who set a news article in Bodoni type. A copyreader left him a note that said, "Isaac: Bodoni is no more in use." This note then mistakenly got transformed into an obituary: "Isaac Bodoni is no more. He died today in the U.S.A." What followed was an outpouring of paid notices by all the major Jewish organizations bewailing their deceased macher Isaac Bodoni. Dan Kleinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-44707078183076604372013-01-14T00:00:35.220-05:002013-01-14T00:00:35.220-05:00Looked that up too. Almost mentioned that Naftali ...Looked that up too. Almost mentioned that Naftali didn't bother looking it up in Benjacob, but then I thought, well, he did a pretty good job editing Seder Ha-doros anyway. S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-75878176205229755842013-01-13T23:57:58.016-05:002013-01-13T23:57:58.016-05:00Benjacob brings the first edition, and 1696 and 16...Benjacob brings the first edition, and 1696 and 1699.yitzchoknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-31237220248683929192013-01-13T23:48:14.225-05:002013-01-13T23:48:14.225-05:00Ahh, busted. I was lazy; Solomons does cite S"...Ahh, busted. I was lazy; Solomons does cite S"S. <br /><br />http://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/freimann/content/pageview/3781982<br /><br />I did look up Wolff though, and he gave the Frankfurt edition as 1699, but got the author's name right.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-23407797423799523742013-01-13T23:43:52.682-05:002013-01-13T23:43:52.682-05:00Fascinating post as always.
"however in a wo...Fascinating post as always.<br /><br />"however in a wonderful article from 1928 Israel Solomons seems to have independently noticed the same thing as Felsenthal, but he knew more about the Shulchan Tahor itself."<br /><br />Steinschneider was the first to notice the misreading from the 1696 edition, in Catalogus librorum hebraeorum in bibliotheca Bodleiana (Berlin: Friedlaender, 1852-1860) page 1518. <br /> yitzchoknoreply@blogger.com