Many of us have learned that it’s actually Rabbinically forbidden on Shabbos to ask a non-Jew to perform forbidden activities on Shabbos for us. The category of this falls on a title of “Amira L’Akum” (speaking to a Goy), and…
Mizmor Shir L’Yom HaShabbos – coming or going?
A couple of weeks ago it was Shabbos-Rosh Chodesh. At a Friday night Oneg on that Shabbos I had the Zchus of hearing Rabbi Azarya Berzon of Toronto Torah speak very nicely on the importance of Rosh Chodesh as a…
Waking up like a Lion
A common misconception in Judaism has always been about waking up like a lion. Here I will clarify this. First, as for “waking up like a lion,” watch this video: This shows EXACTLY how a lion really wakes up, and…
Rabbinic Terrorism and the Internet
This is already an old issue. Certain Rabbis, without fully knowing the technology, have whitewashed the Internet as a dangerous tool that Jews shouldn’t be a part of. There are many reasons to this, namely that anybody can post whatever…
Israel as a light unto the nations – Haiti
While the other nations are providing money to the earthquake victims in Haiti, but not supplies, Israel is providing top-of-the-line medical supplies to those victims. WOW!!! Israeli Medical Corp in Haiti TodaysNetworkNews: HAITI: ISRAELI FIELD HOSPITAL WORKING AROUND-THE-CLOCK (U.N. MINUSTAH)…
‘Tefillin’ Prompts Scare On Plane
What I find strange is that FBI spokesman J.J. Klaver said at a morning news conference that Tefillin are “something that the average person is not going to see very often, if ever.” What are we, in the middle ages? A…
X-Hawk Aircraft – really cool!
Personally I wonder how soon this aircraft can come out. If it does, and it then becomes available to the general public, we can then guess that these are the “white donkeys” that Moshiach will come in and that these…
Jewish comedy
Stuart Rappaport (Stand-up comedy) Jewish Stand Up of Silverman, Allen, and Bruce
Why I Love Israel
Before you boycott Israel! Cool Facts about Israel I am aware of BabySense, and was informed at a parenting class that it doesn’t in fact save babies from SIDS. Once the monitor goes off it’s too late, the child’s gone.…
The Beggar and Reb Amschel Rothschild
Oldie but goodie. In the early 1800’s, a certain beggar once approached Amschel Mayer Rothschild, and wanted to be clever about collecting money from him. As was the style at the time, people used to use first-letter mnemonics to summarize…
The Bamboo Cradle: Where are they now?
A while back I read a book called “The Bamboo Cradle.” I was enchanted at the story of a young barren Jewish couple, the Schwartzbaums, teaching/researching in China on a Fulbright scholarship, adopting a Chinese girl. In the process of…
The Dibbuk – 1999
Video of dybbuk exorcism performed in Dimona, Israel in April, 1999 rabbi David Batzri
Koch: Not Every Muslim Is A Terrorist ‘But There Are Hundreds Of Millions Who Are’
Gilad Shalit Is ALIVE || October 2009 Videotape [Engilsh Subtitles]
Gd willing Gilad Shalit will return to Israel, the country of love, ethics, and innovation, which I love.
Rabbeim – Chassidic and non-Chassidic – collection
Misc. Jewish History Photos from collection
ABIR – Biblical Martial Arts
ABIR GRANDMASTER SOFER talks to Elie Seckbach about Abir the only Kosher martial Arts out there. Elie Seckbach reports from Jerusalem Israel Abir Warrior Arts on prime-time cable news( Arutz10 ) Can anybody say “…karate who?”
Gedolim in their Youth
This is excerpted from Dr. Yitzchok Levine’s site, http://personal.stevens.edu/~llevine/young_gedolim.html, as well as Henri Rosenberg’s Facebook page. Have you ever wondered what gedolim looked like in their youth? If so, then click on the links below. However, if you are convinced…