The bush is to Moshe like the Jews are to the world. As Shavuos fast approaches, let’s reflect on what we do. We eat Milchig meals (which meals vary by custom), some of us stay up all night learning (popularized…
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20 Photos That Change The Holocaust Narrative
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Victims. Helpless. Downtrodden. That’s the narrative that’s been spread about Jews for the last 70 years since the Holocaust. We’ve embraced it to our detriment. We can’t seem to address antisemitism without running to the world and screaming that we’re…
Getting Drunk on Purim – Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman
by Rafael (Rafi) Hecht • • 0 Comments
The following is a letter from R’ Aharon Lein Shteinman regarding getting drunk on Purim. The gist of it is that Purim is an Es Ratzon, a moment of extreme need, and that from the Zohar Yom HaKippurim (Yom Kippur)…
Jewish Daily Deal Groupon Clone Sites in Canada – The State of Them Today
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When Groupon became all the rage, all sorts of Daily Deal sites for niche markets cropped up. Being that we all love a good deal, Jewish Daily Deal sites started to crop up as well. Four of them made their…
Rabbi Moshe Weiss on Shark Tank, Selling the SoundBender for the iPad – Worth a Watch
by Rafael (Rafi) Hecht • • 4 Comments
This one is a heart-warmer. A Rabbi, Moshe Weiss of St. Paul, Minnesota, recently appeared on the Shark Tank introducing “SoundBender,” a simple but effective sound amplifying device for the iPad. The entire presentation was both humorous and interesting, even more so…
Matisyahu on Shalom Sesame
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Matisyahu on Shalom Sesame. This was when he had the beard and inspired Jews of all kinds to become closer to Gd.
BEFORE THE DELUGE: THE JEWS OF BOHEMIA (PART III)
by Rafael (Rafi) Hecht • • 0 Comments
After the withdrawal of the Prussians from Prague on November 20, 1744, a rumor spread that Empress Maria Theresa wanted to punish the Jews of Prague and of all of Bohemia for alleged acts of betrayal. On December 18 there…
Is Sake Kosher? Read for more….
by Rafael (Rafi) Hecht • • 0 Comments
One of my former co-workers who is Japanese introduced Sake (Japanese rice wine/beer) without a Hechsher. The question posed was “why?” All ingredients are natural, however, since all ingredients are “Kosher” and the utensils are (presumably) only used for rice…
Before The Deluge: Jews Of The Mediterranean Islands (Part VIII) – Chios
by Rafael (Rafi) Hecht • • 0 Comments
Chios Chios, in the Aegean Sea, has been under Greek control since 1912. This island can look back on a very old Jewish settlement. A historical curiosity is the story of the 15 Jewish families who, in the year 1048,…
Matisyahu and His Drastic Religious Decline – Oy!
by Rafael (Rafi) Hecht • • 2 Comments
Recently it was announced that Matisyahu launched his album “Spark Seeker.” A couple of things to note: Matisyahu is not even wearing a Kippa at all, and The album was launched not only during the “three weeks,” but also at…