Table of Contents

Heruta — A Talmudic Reflection on Freedom and Celibacy Shlomo Naeh Rediscovered Fragments of Variant Biblical and Midrashic Texts Vered Noam BT Sanhedrin — Manuscripts and Branches of Textual Tradition Mordechai Sabato Rabbi Baruch of Mainz — Portrait of a Scholar as Reflected in the Fragments of His Writings Simcha Emanual Preliminary Remarks on Halakhic Decision-Making in Late Gaonic Thought Uziel Fuchs Concluding Remarks Ezra Fleischer Opening Remarks Jaakov Sussman Greetings Jacob Ziv