[Avodah] top recent seforim

[Dov Bloom]

>From: "Eli Turkel" <eliturkel at gmail.com> : ... the names of any top Israeli seforim in the last 10-20 years that might have a long term impact

Everyone will of course suggest seforim close to their hear and interests. My list may be  oriented to my interests, like Tanach and Piyyut.

I list in my top 10 mainly sefarim that broke new ground / and / or started a trend.

1. RM Breuer's Pirkei Moadot / Pirkei Breishit - unleashed a wave of hundreds of melamdim, shiurim, articles and books with a new way to confront Tanach and modern Bible studies.
2. Premier shutim: ROY's Yabia Omer and Yehave Daat (encyclopedic and influential both halachikly as well as sociologically on Sephardim) however these began more than 20 years ago but continued. Will continue to be classics for generations.
3. Premier shutim: RE Waldenberg's Tzitz Eliezer series and his ancillary works like Hil Medina. These also began more than years 20 years ago but continued. Will continue to be classics for generations.
4. Premier shutim: RSZA works including on electricity, add to that SSKehilchata from the same beit midrash: however these began more than years 20 years ago but continue to have great influence. SSK was influential 30 years ago with the first editions, RSZA I think grows only more influential as time goes on.
5. The Torat Hayyim Mikraot Gedolot, the Bar Ilan Messora based Mikraot Gedolot : set new standards for the 450 year old MG
6. The Daat Mikra tanach peirush, breaking new ground in its method of merging the classic and the modern
7. Shmona Kvatzim, OK so it was written nearly a century ago but it was only published in the last 20 years. Revolutionized the study and understanding of R Kooks writing and shitot
8. Rav Goren's monograph and articles on Har HaBayit (also a bit old). In the last 20 years there has been a ground swell of interest and activity relating to HHaBayit and RSGoren deserves credit for starting it 
9. Ezra Fleisher and Shlomit Elitzur's works on Piyyut. Provided solid basis for understanding Piyyut and popularizing its appreciation
10. These were written long ago but only took off in terms of their effect on "the olam" in the last 20 years: R Nachman and R Zadok

I think these are major trend setters, if that is what you were thinking of. 

I think the BI Responsa Project and RMMKashers Torah Shleima also will stay classic for a long time, but they are older than 20 years. 

Looking over this list, most of it is really older than 20 years, but I think it takes a Dor or 2 for an idea or a corpus to develop momentum and to gain widespread appreciation.  20 or 40  years from NOW, we will be able to better perceive the status and value of sefarim of the last 10-20 years.

Now, chevre: write in and say "That list is ridiculous. How could you leave out X and Y ????"