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Menachem Mendel Kasher (1895-1983) was a Polish
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
-born rabbi. A prolific author, his major work on the Hebrew Bible and midrashic literature, Torah Shelemah, can be divided into two parts. The first part is the Encyclopedia, the first work to publish all of the Written law (the Pentateuch) and the Oral Teachings (Talmud
Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
 and Midrash
Midrash

Midrash is a Hebrew language term referring to the not exact, but comparative method of exegesis of Biblical texts, which is one of four methods cumulatively called Pardes ....
im) side by side. He published from manuscript form several previously unknown midrashic works such as the Midrash Teiman.






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Menachem Mendel Kasher (1895-1983) was a Polish
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
-born rabbi. A prolific author, his major work on the Hebrew Bible and midrashic literature, Torah Shelemah, can be divided into two parts. The first part is the Encyclopedia, the first work to publish all of the Written law (the Pentateuch) and the Oral Teachings (Talmud
Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
 and Midrash
Midrash

Midrash is a Hebrew language term referring to the not exact, but comparative method of exegesis of Biblical texts, which is one of four methods cumulatively called Pardes ....
im) side by side. He published from manuscript form several previously unknown midrashic works such as the Midrash Teiman. The latter part consists of the extensive annotations and addendum in which he uses his awareness of variant texts as well as his almost encyclopedic knowledge in all Jewish works to clarify many obscure points in the Talmud and Maimonides
Maimonides

Moses Maimonides, also known as Rabbi Moses ben Maimon , the Rambam, and Musa ibn Maymun , was born in C?rdoba, Spain, Spain on March 30, 1135, and died in Egypt on December 13, 1204.....
.

Kasher edited the periodical Degel Ha'Torah, the mouthpiece of the Polish branch of Agudas Yisrael, at age 19.

He was the editor of a Torah journal "Noam".

He helped bring the Rebbe of Gur to Israel during WWII. He was the Rosh Yeshiva (Dean) of Yeshivas Sefas Emes of Gur in its first two years.

Another work, Gemarah Shelemah, which was to have discussed and compared variant texts of the Talmud was never completed. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a leading research institution, ranked 50th in the United States among national universities in 2008.....
. He was awarded the Israel prize (1953).

Some of his Halachic ruling

  • Permitted an [eruv] in [Manhattan] (against the ruling of R. Moshe Feinstein)
  • He formulated a [Halakhic] stance on the International Dateline in Jewish Law
  • He argued against the "Lieberman clause" as a solution to the Agunoh problem. (see Get (conflict)
    Get (conflict)

    A get or gett is the Jewish form of divorce which, when one is available in the state of residence, is supervised by a Beth Din , a rabbinical court....
    )


He was the author of
  • Torah Shlemah, an encyclopedic work on the [Torah];
  • Hatekufah Hagedolah, a book explaining the meaning of our times according to Judaism
    Judaism

    Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
    .
  • Ha'odom Al Hayareach a book discussing the theological and legal issues involved when the moon was explored.
  • Ha'mechilta D' Rashbi V' HaRamabam discusses the relationship between Mishne Torah and this recently published Midrash
    Midrash

    Midrash is a Hebrew language term referring to the not exact, but comparative method of exegesis of Biblical texts, which is one of four methods cumulatively called Pardes ....
    .
  • Divrei Menachem Responsa (includes [responsa] from many of the foremost scholars of the day including the Rogatchover Gaon
    Rogatchover Gaon

    The Rogatchover Gaon, Yosef Rosen , also known by the name of his main work Tzafnath Paneach, was a Rabbi and one of the prominent Talmudic scholars of the early 20th century, known as a "Gaon" because of his photographic memory and razor-sharp mind....
     and Kli Chemda)