Nosson Dovid Rabinowich Explained

Nosson Dovid Rabinowich is an American scholar of classical and medieval Jewish history former Dean of Ahavath Torah Institute in Brooklyn, New York. He is a descendant of Nathan David Rabinowich of Shidlowce and is a modern advocate of "the theory of the two Jesuses."^{[1] [2]} In February 2013 he was arrested for attempting to lure a child for sex.^[3]

Selected published books

• M. Mielziner's Talmudic Terminology adapted by Rabbi Nosson Dovid Rabinowich
  • This book was formerly published as Talmudic Terminology, having been plagiarized from Moses Mielziner's Introduction to the Talmud (1894) as was noted in brief by Rabbi Dr. Marc B. Shapiro.^[4] Shortly after publication,^[5] the book was reprinted (1988) with its title page identifying it as an adaptation from M. Mielziner, along with some small changes, and concurrently, the approbations by Rabbis Ovadia Yosef and Aharon Feldman were removed.^[6] In the second edition (revised and expanded, 1996) however, the approbations were reinstated and other changes were made including mention of Mielziner on the inside title page (similar to the reprinted first edition) but no longer on the book's front cover; on the back cover, explicit mention of the book being "an adaptation of one section in Mielziner's book" (i.e., part III); and the omission of chapter 12.^[7]
• English Translation of "The Iggeres of Rav Sherira Gaon"
• R. Natan David Rabinowitz, בִּינוּ שְׁנוֹת דּוֹר־וָדוֹר (Binu shenot dor-va-dor, "consider the years of many generations") 1984^{[8] [9]}
• Be’airot Natan, (Hebrew), Bar Nedorai Publications, Bnei Brak, 1980 (Novellae on Seder Moed and Seder Kodashim)
• Ve’eleh Ha’Dvorim She’nemru L’Dovid, (Hebrew), Bar Nedorai Publications, Jerusalem, 1983 (Hassidic Work)
• Binu Shnot Dor Vador: Studies in Jewish History and Talmudic Literature in The Second Commonwealth Period, (Hebrew), Feldheim Publications, Jerusalem, 1985
• The Iggeret of Rav Sherira Gaon, (English), Moznaim Publications, Jerusalem, 1988 (first-ever English translation)
• Talmudic Terminology, (English), Moznaim Publications, Jerusalem, 1987, 1988. (an adaptation of M. Meilziner's classic)
• The Iggeret of Rav Sherira Gaon, (Hebrew), Moznaim Publications, Jerusalem, 1991.(first-ever Hebrew translation)
• Second Letter of Rav Sherira Gaon, (Hebrew), New York, 1992.
• The Responsa of Rav Sherira ben Chanina Gaon, (Hebrew), Vol. I, Jerusalem, 1999.
• Talmudic Terminology, (New and Revised 3rd Edition), (English), Moznaim Publications, Jerusalem, 1996.
• Safra V’Saifa, The Battle of the Chasam Sofer against Early Reform Judaism (Hebrew), Ahavath Torah Institute, Jerusalem, 2003 (First edition); Jerusalem, 2004 (Second edition), 2005 (Third edition)
• Reshimat Teshuvot Rav Sherira Gaon (Hebrew), Ahavath Torah Institute, New York, 2007

Selected Recent Articles

• (2002-2003): Weekly contributor to the Jewish Press, largest Jewish weekly in America
• "The Battle of Moses Sofer of Pressburg Against Reform Judaism" (1) (Hebrew), Ohr Yisroel, 24, 198–208, December, 2001
• “The Battle of Moses Sofer of Pressburg Against Reform Judaism (2),” (Hebrew), Ohr Yisroel, 25, pp. 199–204; August, 2001,
• “Chapters in the Chasam Sofer’s Battle Against the Innovators,” (Hebrew), Ha’Mayyan, 42, pp. 11–17, May, 2001
• “More on the Eruv Controversy,” (Hebrew), Kerem B’Yavneh, 5, pp. 203–204, April 2001
• “Identifying the ‘Rav Ha’Chovel’ in Tosafot, Megilla 31b,” (Hebrew), Sinai, 268-269, pp. 34-3, January 2001
• “Are We Teaching Chumash Correctly to our Children?,” Hakirah, 1 (Fall 2004), pp. 25–39
• “Was the Chasam Sofer Inconsistent?,” Hakirah, 4 (Winter 2007), pp. 239–269
• "The Three Haftorot of Punishment; A Novel Clarification of The Rambam’s Approach” (Hebrew), Hakirah, 6 (Summer 2008), pp. 23–35
• “Biur Mechudash L’Sugyat Ha’Shas b’Masechet Succah” (Hebrew), Kovetz Etz Chaim 7(2009), pp. 295–303
• B'ma'bat L'achor: Kamma He'arot B'Inyan "Heter" Achilat Kitniyot B'Pesach, (Hebrew), Kovetz Etz Chaim 15(2011), pp. 345–348
• Articles in every issue of “Hakovetz” [2001-2011] (quarterly publication of Agudath Yisrael of Madison):
  • The Common Practice of Erev Rosh Hashana,Erev Yom Kippur and Erev Sukkos: Visiting a Cemetery or Giving Tzedakah ?
  • Interesting Insights into the Torah and Haftarah readings of the Upcoming Yomim Tovim
  • The Problematic Haftarah of "V'Urvah"
  • The Correct Interpretation of: שד"ש
  • Of Rambam, Happy Chanukah and Chanukah Gelt
  • Of Kitniyot, Orthodox Tradition and Reform Judaism
  • A Double Miracle: An Unknown Similarity Between Chanukah and Purim
  • Cruising Along the Halachic Way
  • The Case of the Missing Rosh Chodesh
  • Appreciating Rambam's Mishneh Torah, Hilchos Chanukah
  • A Misrepresentation of the Chasam Sofer
  • Purim: New Historical and Hashkafa Insights
  • Interesting Insights into the Rosh Hashana Mussaf

Notes and References

1. Berger, D. Jewish history and Jewish memory: essays in honor of Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi p33 Yosef Hayim, Elisheva Carlebach, John M. Efron - 1998 p33 "Now, if his argument that the Jesus of the boiling excrement is not the Talmud's Jesus of Nazareth still stands, then R. Yehiel has not two Jesuses but three, two of whom came from Nazareth, and this is in fact strongly implied in the .. Whatever one thinks of the sincerity of the multiple Jesus theory, R. Yehiel found a way to neutralize some dangerous ... In the fourteenth century, Moses ha-Kohen of Tordesillas made much stronger use of the theory of the two Jesuses in defending Judaism and the Talmud against renewed attack. For Moses, the lack of identity between the Talmud's Jesus and ...." p49 "This discussion makes it perfectly clear that Duran gave no credence to a theory of two Jesuses"
2. Saul Lieberman and the Orthodox Marc B. Shapiro - 2006 The contemporary haredi historian Nosson Dovid Rabinowich is another interesting case. In his book Binu Shenot Dor va-Dor, published with the haskamot of, among others, Rabbis Moses Feinstein, Ovadiah Yosef, Isaac Hutner and Schneur ...
3. News: 2013-02-15. Rabbi Arrested After Trying to Lure Teenage Girl (Published 2013). en-US. The New York Times. 2020-10-12. 0362-4331.
4. Dan Rabinowitz, Plagiarism II (Talmudic Terminology)
5. Web site: Musings of a Jewish Bookseller: An Uncensored Plagiarized copy of Talmudic Terminology by Nosson Dovid Rabinowich Ironicly [sic] inscribed to Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. 28 September 2014.
6. Rabbi Dr. Marc Shapiro asserts that the haskamot were omitted once "the scandal broke"... "since they praise Rabinowich for producing a book which he didn't write" (ibid.).
7. The first edition of Introduction to the Talmud by Moses Mielziner is available at https://books.google.com/books?id=0yMVAAAAYAAJ and available for download in PDF format.
8. How do we know this?: Midrash and the fragmentation of modern Judaism p357 Jay Michael Harris - 1995 bibliography Rabinovich, Natan David ben Yehudah Leyb. Binu Shenot Dor va-Dor. Jerusalem: Feldheim, 1984
9. Book: LC Catalog - No Connections Available. 91826638.