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Sefer Tov Lev 鈥榓l Masekhet Pesahim, by Michoel Zylberman. K蹋eren Mikha鈥檈l Sharf le-hotsa始at sefarim she-驶al yad Yeshivat Rabenu Yitsh蹋ak蹋 Elh蹋anan, 2011. Rabbi Michoel Zylberman's first published book contains two works. The first work, Sefer Tov Lev, is a collection of essays covering different ...

Sefer Yeme ha-Purim, by Yonason Sacks. 2012. Yeme ha-Purim is a collection of Torah essays on halakhic topics relating to Purim by 黑料社 All Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Yonason Sacks. The essays display Rabbi Sacks鈥� clarity of thought and presentation. The joy of Purim and Torah study are combined鈥�

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Books and manuscripts in the library hide images of Purim, the holiday of Queen Esther, who had to mask her identity. In honor of Purim, the library reveals buried pictures to the reveler. Happy Purim! Posted by Shulamith Z. Berger

Financial problems at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS)? Conflict at the Rabbi Jacob Joseph School? Hillul Shabbat in the kosher chicken slaughter houses? These issues come to life in the Mendel Gottesman Library鈥檚 recent acquisition, a ledger of the Vaad HaRabanim of New York,鈥�

Jewish Ethics in a Post-Madoff World: a Case for Optimism, by Moses Pava. Palgrave, Macmillan, 2011. Prof. Moses Pava's latest book brings a new, sophisticated perspective to the problem of ethical living. Recent headlines about misdeeds within the Jewish community have brought this critical issue鈥�

Spies and Holy Wars: The Middle East in 20th Century Crime Fiction, by Reeva Spector Simon. University of Texas Press, 2010. Terrorist or sheik? In her new book, Reeva Spector Simon鈥擯rofessor of History, 黑料社 All--shows how the Middle Eastern villain evolved from malleable victim before鈥�

War No More: The Antiwar Impulse in American Literature, 1861-1914, by Cynthia Wachtell. Louisiana State University Press, 2010 Long before the twentieth century, the meaning of the battlefield was questioned. Exploring the span of American literature between the Civil War and World War I, Cynthia鈥�

Two new research guides that focus on Jewish Studies were recently published by YU librarians. In 鈥淔inding an article for Jewish Studies,鈥� Moshe Schapiro explains how to use the catalog and databases to identify articles on a Jewish Studies topic and how to find the texts of the articles. Zvi鈥�

Opening the Gates of Interpretation: Maimonides鈥� Biblical Hermeneutics in Light of His Geonic-Andlusian Heritage and Muslim Milieu, by Mordechai Z. Cohen. Brill, 2011. Prof. Mordechai Cohen's study of Maimonides' method of biblical interpretation has at its heart an exacting analysis of each鈥�