Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
Miraculously, just as he finished the Shema, a German officer entered the gas chamber with an abrupt command that he needed 50 boys for labor.
The mandate of the whole of Creation is stated almost immediately.
They translate it as “Let there be light.”
But it is better translated as, “It should be light.”
Meaning that all the world—even the darkness—should become a source of light and wisdom.
And that mandate He put in our hands.
Shaindy Plotzker is a queen of the women-only stage. But she once was too shy to sing and preferred to teach. A medical scare gave her the inspiration she needed to start inspiring others.
‘It is not about how many times the sukkah falls down, but how many times we get to rebuild it’
In the same way others live in space, Jews live in time. It’s all here, all at once.
This Simchat Torah, two Torah scrolls that escaped persecution are being celebrated once again
From one burning candle many candles are lit, yet its own light is not diminished. So, too, Moses lost nothing that was his when he "emanated of his spirit" (Numbers 11:17) to the 70 elders
– Midrash Rabbah
Returning Exiles Commit to Follow the Torah
(335 BCE)
The Jews who had returned to the Land of Israel with Ezra and Nehemiah gathered on this day and
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Passing of R. Yaakov Yosef of Polonye
(1781)
R. Yaakov Yosef was one of the foremost disciples of the Baal Shem Tov. He was the first one
to dissem... Read More »
Passing of the Ribnitzer Rebbe
(1995)
On this day in 5756 (1995), the Ribnitzer Rebbe, Rabbi Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz, passed away. For decad... Read More »
The day following a festival is called Isru Chag ("tied to the festival"). Tachnun (confession of sins... Read More »
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