Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
There is a great mystery in the drama of Rosh Hashanah:
The mystery of a Creator asking His creations to participate in the rebirth of their own world.
Even of their own selves.
The closest star to Earth, it also holds a prominent place in Jewish literature, showing up again and again in Biblical stories and carrying layer upon layer of symbolism and meaning.
The Talmud relates that while King David was immersed in Torah, Yoav went out to battle.
Rabbi Dr. Laibl Wolf opens up about being the child of survivors and how the Rebbe guided his career in teaching the secrets of the Torah.
When you plow and you sow - things will grow
– Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch
Noah Dispatches Dove
(2105 BCE)
Following the failed attempt to dispatch a raven from the ark (see "Today in Jewish History" for Elul... Read More »
R. Schneur Zalman's parents marry
(1743)
Wedding day of Rabbi Baruch and Rebbetzin Rivkah, the parents of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1... Read More »
Outbreak of World War II
(1939)
On September 1, 1939, corresponding to the Hebrew date of 17
Elul, the Nazi Wehrmacht invaded Poland,... Read More »
As the last month of the Jewish year, Elul is traditionally a time of introspection and stocktaking --... Read More »
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