Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
If someone was unable to participate in the Passover offering at
the proper time, they would offer the sacrifice a month later.
As the procession approached the location for the chupah they were encountered by a solitary Jew in a wagon, a stranger that no one recognized....
The wise person begins each day as a small child. Every cell of his being is dedicated to learning wisdom, and so from every person he finds some wisdom to learn.
Each day, he rises to great heights of wisdom. And yet, the next morning, he begins all over again, as a small child, in wonder.
The maturity and confidence of an adult psyche can be gauged by its ability to face criticism. Yet, criticism may not be the best method for cultivating this maturity in the child.
Nowadays, there is really no reason why a person would prevent himself from becoming ritually impure. An exception is the male kohen, descendant of Aaron, brother of Moses.
The prevalence of suicide in our society has been gradually rising. What is Judaism's perspective on this urgent and oft-times taboo topic.
What drives these parents to have large families? A love for kids? Determination to rebuild post-Holocaust? Some innate affection for Honda and
Toyota minivans?
The man blinked tears from his eyes. "I lease an inn from a local duke, and the business… it’s bad."
The people of Israel comprise a single body
– Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi
"Second Passover"
(1312 BCE)
A year after the Exodus, G-d instructed the people of Israel to bring the Passover offering on the... Read More »
Passing of Rabbi Meir
(2nd Century CE)
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Jews of Bisenz Massacred
(1605)
The Jews of Bisenz, Austria were massacred on the 14th of Iyar, 5365... Read More »
Germans Burn Jewish Books
(1933)
Following the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany in the year 1933, the Nazis burned thousands of books... Read More »
Eichmann Captured in Buenos Aires
(1960)
Adolf Eichmann, a key party in implementing of Hitler's "final solution," was captured by agents of... Read More »
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