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Braude, of Romans, lived for 13 years in edition of the Midrash Tehil- a cave (17.13); the abundance Providehce, R.I., is the trans- lim and to the first — Con- lator of the new text from the at the table of Rabbi Judah stantinople, 1512 — . published JANISSE MORTGAGE CO. Hebrew and the Aramaic: It the Prince, the longevity of edition. He states, understand- is a scholarly work, and the Rabbi Joshua ben Karha and ably, that "the Psalms have explanatory introduction sheds the poverty of Rabbi Simeon always been and remain to this 16777 James Couzens DI 1-2300 much light on controversies ben Halafta (9.7, 92.13, 92.8), day the principal book for that had arisen among scholars and many other interesting private devotion and the chief over the dating of some of the items. ■ source of the liturgy. Hence ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ * * midrashim. any Midrash based on the Passover Greetings A wealth of information is Events in Jewish Biblical Psalms deserves attention and packed into the appended notes and post-Biblical history and study." and the indexes. Rabbi Braude legends also are alluded to in Rabbi Braude asesrts that has applied excellent research this Midrash. There are fre- his goal was • "to achieve a skill to the task of translating quent references to Rome and readable text . . . a transla- "The Midrash on Psalms" and Romans. The Midrash relates tion, not a paraphrase." His 3651 Barham TU 5-7496 to implementing knowledge that when the First Temple two-volume work includes a .11■11■ ■0■ ■0■ ■ ■ ■ about it with his . supple- was destroyed Judah's princes glossary of important midrashic mentary information. The re- were compelled to walk naked terms, lists of Biblical and sults of his efforts are in- along the river's edge, and Mishnaic passages, authorities, corporated in 1,200 pages of when the Levites were ordered subjects and names. Holiday Greetings to All text, forming two volumes of to sing Zion's songs to Nebuch- * * * the new Yale Judaica. adnezzar, they mangled their JOHN'S LOCKSMITH SHOP * * * thumbs to become incapable of For an understanding of the Keys of All Kinds for Cars, Homes, Etc. The Midrash Tehillim, Rabbi playing their instruments form of the commentaries and Guaranteed Service Braude states in his introduc- (137.5). midrashim in "The Midrash on 6905 Michigan tion, "was compiled in Italy Rabbi Braude further ex- Psalms," let us quote one of VI 2-3560 or TA 5 7075 as late as the ninth century. plains: them. Psalm 130 is evaluated Nevertheless, as in all other "Midrash Tehillim is a me- as follows: Midrashim, the overwhelming lange of many things. It speaks ■ "1. A sang of ascents. Out body of material in Midrash almost literally of cabbages of the depths have I called Passover Greetings Tehillim goes back to the Tal- and kings, ranging as it does Thee, 0 Lord (Ps. 130:1). R. mudic period." from the radishes and cucum- Jose ben Hanina said in the i As implied in the name, Mid- bers served at the table of a name of R. 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Rabbi Braude has added a highly scholarly work to his midrashic studies with his translation of Midrash Tehillim and his explanatory notes. ---P.S. ‘11141 ■11,010111i11.0 ■ 111,■0i0.1111111 .0111 i 0■11 .4•• ■. 0.1111.1 ■01■1■ 1110111111.1 ■ A Happy Passover to All L 0111i.0 41/X 1 THE MORRIS HARDWARE CO. Seven Stores All Over Detroit to Serve You 14131 Fenkell 101•1•0l0101 VE 7-3761 .1 0.11N.1.11.0!01.111 ■ 01M.11.11111.0101111111.1 ■ 111.111=1....113 37-THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS -- Friday, April 24, 1959 Midrash Tehillim Translated Into English from Hebrew, Aramaic , Scholarly Work by Rabbi Braude