Living Torah Archives

During their sojourn in the desert, G-d protected the Jewish people against danger and the elements with the Clouds of Glory, which the Torah refers to as “sukkahs”. To commemorate this, He commanded us to observe the holiday of Sukkos, when we spend a week in temporary huts. More

During their sojourn in the desert, God protected the Jewish people against danger and the elements with the Clouds of Glory, which the Torah refers to as “sukkahs”. To commemorate this, He commanded us to observe the holiday of Sukkos, when we spend a week in temporary huts.

But to the members of the Jewish children’s club called Tzivos Hashem, or G-d’s Army, these huts take on added meaning..

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When the Mitteler Rebbe was a young child about to begin his Jewish education, the Alter Rebbe, his father gave specific instruction to his teacher on how to proceed with the very first lesson. More

When the Mitteler Rebbe was a young child about to begin his Jewish education, the Alter Rebbe, his father gave specific instruction to his teacher on how to proceed with the very first lesson.

When teaching children about Judaism, they must be given a sense that there are profound life-lessons to be gleaned even from its very basics, like the shape of the letter alef.

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