I have heard that Alter Halpern, a Rabbi in England, published an article or kuntres presenting issues with Marcus Jastrow's Dictionary (for the Talmud, midrash, targum), i.e Sefer HaMilim.
What were his specific issues, and does he go so far as to assur it?
I know that Rav Yaacov Kaminetsky said that it was okay to learn from it.
Answer
A contribution to an answer - This article on Reb Alter z”l has the following paragraph:
Another of his original projects was the publication of a pamphlet which demonstrated some of the glaring mistakes in understanding gemoras made by Dr. Marcus Jastrow, author of the then widely used Talmudic dictionary. The booklet's entries were arranged in exactly the same format as the dictionary. In one of London's shops for sifrei kodesh, it was sold together with the dictionary.
So his issues seem to have been with errors in understanding gemoras. The article does not specify which gemoras.
From the facts that the booklet was arranged in the same format as the dictionary and it was sold together with it in one bookshop, we might deduce that he did not forbid the use of the dictionary.
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