Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
The Torahs were technically considered state property and that tampering with them could result in the harshest punishments.
Sure there are the Torahs and prayers, but there is also dancing, singing, capering, and snacking in the synagogue.
Within every love, there is fear: The fear of separation from that which you love.
A child fears separation from her parents, a lover from his beloved, the body fears separation from the soul, and the soul from its Source Above.
So what do you love? Look at your worries and you will know. If you seethe in worry over...
It had been a drizzly morning, gray and overcast, and I stood like a soldier outside a local bagel shop.
Many old-timers
recall the custom for children to carry a candle stuck into an apple on top of
a flag.
“We have another son, who, unfortunately, is not well. He is autistic. He needs a blessing.”
Meat and rice, rolled up in cabbage and cooked in a decadent sauce - a Simchat Torah classic. With step-by-step photo instructions.
When I was five years old I was orphaned from both my father and mother. Before his passing, my holy father told me two things: 1) Fear nothing but G-d alone. 2) Love every single Jew, without exception, with all your heart and all your soul.
– Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov
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... Read More »
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... Read More »
The day following a festival is called Isru Chag ("tied to the festival"). Tachnun (confession of... Read More »
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