Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
With most synagogues shuttered and communities in lockdown, how is a firstborn to proceed?
You can choose to believe in a G‑d aloof from all things;
a distant G‑d that leaves you in the hands of so many worldly troubles.
Or you can put your trust in a G‑d who carries you as a nursing mother carries her suckling infant by her bosom;
as a father carries his child high upon his shoulders;
as an eagle carries...
Tens of thousands of students mourn a master teacher of extraordinary scholarship and spirit
I could not have foreseen was that I literally would be sitting alone in a world that has plunged us all into isolation.
If we begin the day with a moment of holiness, if we offer even a small portion of our time to G‑d in the morning, then that experience will affect the rest of the day, infusing it with significance...
The new situation is sad, so very sad. But somehow, through it all, I keep insisting to myself that we’re going to do it for G‑d. He needs us now.
I can’t see clients in person or do treatments. I miss my clients, miss the personal human touch and contact with them, as well as with my friends and peers. My clinic is empty and so, like most of...
"Give me [the city of] Yabneh and its sages"
– Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai to Vespasian, when the Roman general promised to grant him his request before the destruction of Jerusalem
Seven Day Feast Begun
(366 BCE)
Following his 180 day feast for all his international subjects, which ended a day earlier, King... Read More »
Passing of R. Aryeh Levin, the "Tzaddik of Jerusalem"
(1969)
R. Aryeh Levin, known as the “tzaddik [saint] of Jerusalem,” was legendary for his
selfless... Read More »
In today's "Nasi" reading (see "Nasi of the Day" in Nissan 1), we read of the gift bought by the nasi... Read More »
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