Huge hat-tip to finkorswim.com to provide a very rational account of the Manna and how it tasted. Mystery solved? I have been wondering about this for a while. Follow me on this journey from a 3000 year old story…
WHAT WAS THE MANNA?
Category: Torah
Kli Yakar on Sarah’s Not-So-Nice Hospitality to the Three Visitors – Vayera
Read the images below. I counted Sarah being “begrudging” five times in this piece. It got so bad that Reb Elihu Levine, who translated the Kli Yakar into English, apologetically wrote below that “she didn’t REALLY mean it…” Worth a…
Tonight is the Yarzeit of Moishele Good Shabbos – Story Behind This Picture
By: Shlomo Katz Dearest Friends, A good story takes you back in time. A holy story doesn’t have to, it keeps on taking place. Tonight is the yahrzeit of R’ Moshe Heschel, also (and mainly) known as Moishele Good…
Why Aren’t You a Baal Teshuva?
A sweet story is always worth repeating. A young student once went to see the Lev Simcha (R’ Simcha Bunim Alter – the Gerrer Rebbe). When asked which yeshiva he attended, he replied with the name of an institution renowned…
RABBI YITZCHAK KADURI ON SMOKING CIGARETTES
Disclaimer: this post (and these pics) came from a much earlier Facebook post by Eitan Mordechai. Rav Kaduri claims that the Angels enjoyed the smoke from his cigarettes. He also claimed that when he would smoke, all the souls that…
Parshas Vayechi – Not Caring for the Next Person and the Holocaust
I recently heard the following from a Rabbi – also an adult holocaust survivor – last Shabbos. For privacy reasons I will not divulge the persons’ name. We know of the story how Yosef’s brothers plotted to sell him.…
How Kosher is the Kosher Switch?
Last Motzei Shabbos I was among the crowd that was saying Kiddush Levana out in the open. While davening I overheard someone making a joke about using a Kosher Switch (my guess was to place light on the outside…
Rabbi Berel Wein – How Authentic is the Zohar?
Rabbi Berel Wein giving a lecture on the origins of the ZOHAR (Book of Splendor, published in 1290 by Rabbi Moshe DeLeon in Spain). The lecture took place at Yeshivas AISH HATORAH. In 9 Minutes, Rabbi Wein brings down…
Baruch Dayan HaEmes, R’ Dovid Winiarz, a.k.a. the Facebuker Rebbe
Like many that occupy the Social Media landscape and “frum” blogosphere (e.g. Facebook, Yeshiva World News), I had heard that R’ Dovid Winiarz, a.k.a. the Facebuker Rebbe, was tragically killed in a Maryland car accident that occurred due…
The Powerful Effects of Lashon Hara – Must See
This literally shook me to the core. I am also reminded of a video I saw a short while ago. It was by an Asian fellow that gave a homeless guy $100 and wanted to see how he…