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Letters of Light
Passages from Maʾor va-shemesh
consisting of the homilies of
Kalonymus Kalman Epstein of Kraków
translated with notes and comments by
Aryeh Wineman
Letters of light
Passages from Maʾor va-shemesh
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Wineman, Aryeh
Letters of light : passages from Maʾor va-shemesh / consisting of homilies of Kalonymus Kalman Epstein of Kraków, translated with notes and comments by Aryeh Wineman
X + Y p. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 13: 978-1-62564-883-9
1. Epstein, Kalonymus Kalman, –1823. 2. Bible. Pentateuch—Criticism, interpretations, etc., Jewish. 3. Hasidim. 4. Maʾor va-Shemesh. I. Epstein, Kalonymus Kalman, –1823. II. Title.
BS1225.52 W46 2015
Manufactured in the U.S.A.
Translation of biblical texts are reproduced from the TANAKH : THE HOLY SCRIPTURES by permission of the University of Nebraska Press. Copyright 1985 by the Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia.
In memory
of
Dorothy
List of Abbreviations
Biblical books:
Gen: Genesis
Exod: Exodus
Lev: Leviticus
Num: Numbers
Deut: Deuteronomy
Josh: Joshua
Judg: Judges
1 Sam: I Samuel
2 Sam: II Samuel
1 Kgs: I Kings
2 Kgs: II Kings
Isa: Isaiah
Jer: Jeremiah
Ezek: Ezekiel
Hos: Hosea
Mic: Micah
Nah: Nahum
Hab: Habakuk
Zeph: Zephaniah
Hag: Haggai
Zech: Zachariah
Mal: Malachi
Ps. / Pss.: Psalm(s)
Prov: Proverbs
Song: Song of Songs
Lam: Lamentations
Eccl: Ecclesiastes
Esth: Esther
Dan: Daniel
Neh: Nehemiah
1 Chr: I Chronicles
2 Chr: II Chronicles
tg: (Aramaic) translation of the Bible or parts thereof
Tg Ps-J: Pseudo-Jonathan translation
m.: Mishna
b.: Babylonian Talmud
y.: Yerushalmi (Palestinian Talmud}
Talmudic tractates:
ʿAbod. Zar: Avodah zarah
ʿArak.: Arukhin
B. Bat.: Bava Batra
B. Meṣiʾa: Bava metzi’a
B. Qam: Bava Kamma
Ber.: Berakhot
Bikk.: Bikkurim
ʿ Erub.: Eruvin
Ẹd.: Eduyyot
Ḥag.: Hagigah
Ḥal.: Hallal
Ḥul.: Hullin
Ketub.: Ketubbot
Kil.: Kil’ayin
Mak.: Makkot
Meg.: Megillah
Menaḥ.: Menahot
Mid.: Middot
Moʿed: Mo’ed
Moʿed Qat.: Mo’ed Katan
Naz.: Nazir
Ned.: Nedarim
Nid.: Niddah
Peʾah: Pe’ah
Pesaḥ: Pesahim
Qidd.: Kiddushin
Roš.Haš.: Rosh ha-shannah
Šabb.: Shabbat
Sanh.: Sanhedrin
Taʿan: Ta’anit
Yebam.: Yevamot
Other rabbinic texts:
ʾAbot: Pirkei Avot
ʾAvot R. Nat.: Avot deRabbi Natan
Meh.: M’khilta
MHG: Midrash ha-gadol
midr.: