Rabbi Baruch Epstein or Baruch ha-Levi Epstein (1860-1941) (Hebrew: ברוך הלוי אפשטיין) was a Lithuanian rabbi, best known for his Torah Temimah commentary on the Torah. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the Rabbi (pronunciation, although in English usually) in Judaism, means a religious ‘teacher’ or more literally ‘my great one’ when addressing any master Exegesis (from the Greek 'to lead out' involves an extensive and critical interpretation of an authoritative text, especially of a Holy term " Torah " ( Hebrew: תּוֹרָה "teaching" or "instruction" sometimes translated as "Law" most commonly refers to He was the son of Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein, rabbi of Novarodok and author of the work Arukh HaShulkhan. Yechiel Michel Epstein (1829-1908 often called "the Aruch ha-Shulchan " (after his main work Aruch HaShulchan) was a Rabbi and Posek Aruch HaShulchan is a work of Jewish scholarship written by Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein.
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Biography
Epstein grew up in Novarodok, where his father was the communal rabbi, but moved to the city of Pinsk after his marriage and lived there until his death, apart from a period from 1923 to 1926, which he spent in the United States of America looking (unsuccessfully) for a rabbinic position. Navahrudak, Novgorodok or Novogrudok (Навагрудак nava'ɣrudak Новогрудок also known as Nowogródek and Naugardukas is a city in the Hrodna Pinsk (Пінск a town in Belarus, in the Polesia region traversed by the river Pripyat, at the confluence of the Strumen and The United States of America —commonly referred to as the During this period he served as the first menahel (director) of Ezras Torah from around 1924 until he was succeeded by Rav Henkin around the year 1925. The Ezras Torah Fund was founded by the Agudas HaRabbanim (Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada in the summer of 1915 Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Henkin (1881 - 1973 was a prominent Orthodox Rabbi in the United States.
Although Epstein was a bookkeeper by profession, he had been a student at the Volozhin Yeshiva (under his uncle Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin) and authored a number of popular and scholarly works. Bookkeeping (also book-keeping or book keeping) is the recording of all Financial transactions undertaken by an individual or Organization (including The Volozhin Yeshiva, also known as Etz Chaim Yeshiva, was a Yeshiva in the town of Volozhin (today part of Belarus) founded in 1803 by Rabbi Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (נפתלי צבי יהודה ברלין also known as Reb Hirsch Leib Berlin, 1817 - 10 August 1893
Works
- Torah Temimah ("The Perfect Torah", a reference to Psalms 19:8) - a commentary on the Torah citing all quotes of a particular verse in the Oral Torah (Talmud or Midrash), and giving textual explanations. term " Torah " ( Hebrew: תּוֹרָה "teaching" or "instruction" sometimes translated as "Law" most commonly refers to According to Rabbinic Judaism, the oral Torah, oral Law, or oral tradition ( is the oral tradition received in conjunction with the written Torah The Talmud ( Hebrew: he תַּלְמוּד is a record of Rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs and history Midrash ( Hebrew: מדרש plural midrashim, lit "to repeat" is a Hebrew term referring to the not exact but comparative ( homiletic
- Baruch she-Amar ("Praised He Who Spoke", a reference to the opening paragraph of the Verses of Praise, daily morning prayers) - a commentary on the siddur (Jewish prayerbook). A siddur ( Hebrew: סידור plural siddurim) is a Jewish Prayer book, containing a set order of daily prayers.
- Mekor Baruch ("Source of Blessing") - autobiographical work with notes on life in the Volozhin yeshiva and his uncle. Selections were translated as "My Uncle the Netziv" (see below).
- Tosefet Beracha ("Added Blessing") - novellae on the Torah
References
- Great Leaders of our People: Rabbi Baruch HaLevi Epstein
- My Uncle the Netziv, Mesorah Publications Ltd, Brooklyn, New York, 1988. A novella is a written, Fictional Prose Narrative longer than a Novelette but shorter than a Novel. term " Torah " ( Hebrew: תּוֹרָה "teaching" or "instruction" sometimes translated as "Law" most commonly refers to ArtScroll is an Imprint of translations books and commentaries from an Orthodox Jewish perspective published by Mesorah Publications Ltd Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. The City of New York ISBN 0-89906-492-2.
External links
- English translation of Tosefet Beracha (selections)
- Hebrew original of Tosefet Beracha from Seforim Online
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