R. Menachem Kasher – Intellectual Profile

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R. Menachem Kasher
R. Menachem Kasher
Name
Rav Menachem Mendel Kasher
הרב מנחם מענדל כשר
Dates1895 - 1983
Location
Works

Torah Shelemah, Haggadah Shelemah, Gemara Shelemah, Mefaneach Tzefunot, Degel Hatorah, שרי האלף, התקופה הגדולה, קו התאריך  הישראלי, נועם, הרמב"ם והמכילתא דרשב"י, שו"ת דברי מנחם, האדם על הירח, ארבעת הרועים, דעת הרבנים וקונטרס מלחמת מצווה, שמע ישראל

Exegetical Characteristics
Influenced by

Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter, Rogatchover Gaon, Rabbi Meir Dan Plotzky

Impacted on

Background

Life

  • Name – Rav Menachem Mendel Kasher
    • Hebrew name – הרב מנחם מענדל כשר
  • Dates – 1895 - 1983
  • Location – Yerushalayim
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Works

  • Biblical commentaries – Torah Shelemah (copiously annotated Midrashic anthology with excurses)
  • Rabbinics – 
    • Talmudic novellae – Gemara Shelemah
    • Halakhic codes – 
    • Responses to the works of others – 
    • Responsa – Shu"t Divrei Menachem
    • Liturgy – Haggadah Shelemah
  • Jewish thought – HaTekufah HaGedolah

Torah Commentary

Characteristics

  • Verse by verse / Topical – 
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Textual Issues

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  • Printings – 
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Sources

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