Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
“Just as your union began with feasting, let your parting of ways be similarly celebrated.”
The night their father left town, his sons reminisced about their shared childhood, and the messages stressed in their home...
In novels, plays and nonfiction, Wouk displayed the burning flame of Jewish life, belief and practice
In our times, it is crucial that every Jew who knows anything must be a teacher to others.
If you know alef-bet, teach alef-bet.
If you know only alef, find someone to teach alef.
But all must teach.
12 Tammuz 5736.
Our entire existence is on loan from G-d. The question is, can we make the divine loan into a divine investment?
The Yovel (Jubilee) year took place every 50 years. The fields were left fallow, slaves were freed, and land was returned.
I know it gives them strength. I certainly know it gives me strength. But what exactly is the strength that we tap into by saying, “G‑d willing, you can; I can?”
Our sages tell us that peace is the greatest blessing, and that it’s what G‑d wants most for and from us.
You will see My back; but My face will not be seen.
– Exodus 33:23
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(1312 BCE)
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Troyes Jews Burned at Stake
(1288)
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Venice Jews Forbidden to Practice Law
(1637)
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Mt. Scopus Hospital
(1939)
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(1942)
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