Another oldie but goodie. This is the late 1970’s. Jimmy Carter, Menachem Begin, and Anwar Sadat had just signed the Oslo Peace Process. Shortly afterwards, they went to the western wall to say some prayers. As soon as they were…
Permission to share “with my friends” granted by the author himself. A beautiful explanation of the back-drop to how the ancient Egyptians didn’t trust anybody and that the Jews were in a bad situation being in Egypt.
Preface: I personally am a big fan of techeiles being restored. Ptil Tekhelet has done a tremendous job in compiling the 100+ years worth of research and has made this wonderful Mitzvah available to us. I also want to express…
All of these are actual questions. Names and specific details have been censored out. All Megillah stories have been shortened as well. Externalities Unisex Is the boy’s/girl’s mother/sister(s) overweight? To Males A shtark bochur in yeshiva asked me to rate…
No comments. I will let the pics do the talking. Some of these were from a FB group “sounds Yeshivish but okay” and some were from elsewhere. This is the one exception. Tabloids assumed the Arba Minim were flowers for…
I love Chanuka. It’s a great time for family with a rich history teaching a multitude of lessons for people of all ages. The lights, songs, prayers and foods really enhance the holiday. The above said, one thing that bothers…
I can’t get this song out of my head now. ג’ונגל אייל גולן הקליפ הרשמי הצטרפו לעמוד הרשמי של אייל גולן בפייסבוק: http://facebook.com/eyalgolanofficial מילים: יוסי גיספן לחן: עדי לאון עיבוד: תמיר צור אם אני ואת היינו נולדים בג’ונגל במקום שאי…
Judaism as a culture and religion is admittedly reactive by nature. One example, in terms of Halacha, Jews blow the Shofar on Mussaf rather than Shacharis, since the Romans got scared of battle calls against them and in response they…
This list is in no particular order though only should show the quality of Rabbis that are proudly wearing Tekhelet from the murex trunculus. The intent here is so that one can see these Rabbis and know that there’s justification…
Copied from Torah.org. Boldness added for emphasis: By Rabbi Yitzchok Rubin A sweet story is always worth repeating. A young student once went to see the Lev Simcha. When asked which yeshiva he attended, he replied with the name of…
During our trip in Israel we decided to stop at Soramelo for Belgian waffles for the following reasons: 1. We read a piece in Ami Magazine about how awesome the experience was, 2. TripAdvisor reviewers were touting the location and…
