[Avodah] More on Who Wrote the Mishna Brura?

[Prof. Levine via Avodah]

Someone sent me the following which is also in Shapiro's book.

"The first edition of Shemiras Shabbos K'Hilchasah had a footnote to 
the effect that some things in the MB had been written by the CC's 
son. See p. 263 n. 203.
The full footnote is not in the later editions of SSK."

Shapiro views this as part of the Chareidi attempt to keep certain 
information from the Chareidi public that they do want people to 
know.  His book is filled with many examples of the "rewriting of 
history"  to fit current Chareidi ideology.

He also wrote

"Rabbi Jacob J. Schachter wrote an article in The Torah U-Madda 
Journal about changes and mentioned the MB, the CC's son, and the 
original SSK footnote. See his "Facing the Truths of History" at 
<http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/704426/Rabbi_Dr-_Jacob_J_Schacter/Facing_the_Truths_of_History>http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/704426/Rabbi_Dr-_Jacob_J_Schacter/Facing_the_Truths_of_History 
(p. 225 and n. 114 on p. 264)."

YL

llevine at stevens.edu 
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