Communicated: TefillaChillul Tefila Bifarhesia, as well as halachicly challenged verbiage and dress, are external manifestations of a critical lack of personal yiras shomayim which has lethal consequences.

Posted on: July 11th, 2007
Judaism → Columns → Chodesh Tov/Rabbi Hanoch TellerWhereas Salek's father's appearance was rather modern for that period - sporting only a short beard, just like his cousins - his grandfather, Avrohom Orenstein, had a flowing beard and wore a shtreimel on Shabbos.

Posted on: June 6th, 2007
Judaism → Columns → Chodesh Tov/Rabbi Hanoch TellerThe shtetl of Apt would rise early every weekday morning when the men would rush to one of the houses of prayer, better known as shteiblech.

Posted on: May 16th, 2007
Judaism → Columns → Chodesh Tov/Rabbi Hanoch TellerIn preparation for Shabbos, Salik Orenstein's (our protagonist, and through his eyes and his memoir are we viewing the shtetl) mother baked challos.

The Termination Of Shtetl Life
Posted on: April 18th, 2007
Judaism → Columns → Chodesh Tov/Rabbi Hanoch TellerOver a year ago, I suggested that our knowledge of the Holocaust was limited because of our familiarity with only a few, well-known stories from that period.

The Belzer Rebbe’s Flight To Freedom
Posted on: March 21st, 2007
Judaism → Columns → Chodesh Tov/Rabbi Hanoch TellerBeginning in the tiny Galician town of Belz, Rabbi Aharon Rokeach, better known as the Belzer Rebbe, maintained his chassidic court despite the constant danger.
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