Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Two tales of two Rectors of the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary, two Minchahs . . . and two students.

As told by Eli Ginzberg in his biography of his father Louis Ginzberg, Keeper of the Law pp. 40-1, concerning Rabbi Ezriel "Dr. Israel" Hildesheimer:


As told by Eliezer Berkovits in Rabbi Yechiel Yakob Weinberg זצ"ל My Teacher and Master in Tradition 8.2 (1966):