Dream Dialog between the Malakh and Reb Zalman by Bezalel Naor Dramatis Personae The Malakh (Angel)—Rabbi Hayyim Avraham Dov Baer Hakohen Levine (b. Ilya, Belarus, c. 1860—d. Bronx, New York, 1938). Founder of a small Hasidic sect known as Malakhim (Angels) which is characterized by extreme adherence to Old World Hasidism. According to the […]
When Rav Kook Was the Kana’i (Zealot) and His Opponent the Melits Yosher(Advocate)[1] By Bezalel Naor In 1891, there appeared in Warsaw an anonymous work[2] entitled Hevesh Pe’er,[3] whose sole objective was to clarify for the masses the proper place on the head to don the tefillah shel rosh or head-phylactery. According to halakhah, the tefillah must be placed no lower than the hairline and no higher […]