Following a Passion for Sports to IsraelIn Israel, a new five month scholarship program being offered to young aspiring athletes – one of them could be you.
Posted on: April 12th, 2012
Judaism → Columns → Lessons In EmunahIt was an ordinary day and Dovid (name changed) was preparing to catch the late afternoon EL AL flight to Eretz Yisrael. He had yahrzeit for his father and planned his trip so he’d arrive there just in time to join his brother at the kever. He parked his car in the area that facilitated a faster trip to JFK for his flight. Little did he know that he was being observed by a team of thieves who were “working” the Diamond District that day in order to rob the merchants of their goods.
Posted on: April 12th, 2012
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaQuestion: If a person has a number of personal concerns that need to be thought out and analyzed, can he go to shul to do this?
Jewish Press Radio: Journey Into Passover
Posted on: April 12th, 2012
Judaism → HolidaysSpecial Pesach edition kicks off with Yishai and Malkah sharing the story of their own inspiring journey into Pesach 5772. Then Yishai is joined by Shmuel Sackett, the International Director of Manhigut Yehudit, who tells the moving story of his personal discussions with Jonathan Pollard during visits to see him in prison. The third segment of this week’s show features the true meaning of Pesach, presented by David Sacks, a television writer and producer for The Simpsons, 3rd Rock From the Sun, and more. Finally, Yehuda HaKohen talks about how love breeds courage and destroys fear, and gives an example with a masterful presentation of the history of the Lehi movement.
Video: Under the Prayer Shawl – Secrets of the Priestly Blessing
Posted on: April 10th, 2012
Judaism → Holidays“Under the Prayer Shawl – Secrets of the Priestly Blessing”, was shot on location at the 2011 annual massive blessing by the Jewish Priests (Kohanim) at the Western Wall (Kotel) in Jerusalem during the Passover festival. The Kohanim (priests) are Jews descended directly from Aaron, the older brother of the Biblical Moses, who was given [...]
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Posted on: April 6th, 2012
Sections → Features → Features On The Jewish WorldIt was Moishele, and Itche, and me. We did everything together. We even made our own language, which only we understood. In shul they jokingly called us “the troika,” after the three bishops whose authority extended across Poland.
The Battle for Eretz Yisrael, Then and Now
Posted on: April 6th, 2012
Judaism → HolidaysAt this time of the year, "Jewish eyes are smiling" as we look back to our Egyptian experience of 3300 years ago and the great salvation that HaShem had brought forth for us. But on this 10th of Nisan, corresponding to the general calendar of April 2, the eyes of all enlightened nations are on Egypt, but for different reasons. The Moslem Brotherhood political party in Egypt, that now controls the two houses of the Egyptian Parliament, is going to have their man as the next president of that country. This group is among the most radical Islamists in the world, and they have an unabashed, open, straightforward Islamic agenda. Not only will they turn Egyptian society back 300 years, their end game is to uproot the Jewish State.
Posted on: April 5th, 2012
Judaism → Judaism 101In the vernacular of our sages and in our prayers, Pesach is titled, “Z’man chayrusaynu- Time of our freedom.” Although we did attain freedom at the time of our redemption from Egypt, titling the holiday as such doesn’t seem to encapsulate the root of the holiday’s greatness.
Posted on: April 5th, 2012
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaQuestion: How much matzah must one eat at the Pesach Seder?
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Posted on: April 5th, 2012
Judaism → Columns → Lessons In EmunahIt is said that giving charity can save one from death. We also believe that there is no such thing as a “coincidence.”
Posted on: April 5th, 2012
Judaism → ParshaAn act never dies. Each word you utter, each mitzvah you do, continues to ring in the world for all eternity. Rabbi Avigdor Miller, zt”l, teaches it was such an eternal act that was the undoing of Pharaoh and the making of Israel as a nation of holy people.
Kindliness: A Reflection Of Hashem
Posted on: April 5th, 2012
Judaism → ParshaAfter months and months of rebellion, Pharaoh finally admitted he was wrong. The Dos Zakainim explains that the plague of barad moved Pharaoh more than any other. And it was because of one factor: Moshe had warned him that the hail would kill anything living. Again and again, Moshe cautioned Pharaoh to take his livestock and his slaves inside. Because Pharaoh was repeatedly warned to save the living creatures, he was moved and recognized his error.
Posted on: April 5th, 2012
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaBeware Of The Fruit! ‘A Mis’asek Is Excluded’ (Kerisos 19a)
Why Don’t We Make A Berachah Over Korech?
Posted on: April 5th, 2012
Judaism → ParshaThe Gemara in Pesachim 115a says that there was a machlokes regarding how one was supposed to eat matzah and marror in the times of the Beis HaMikdash. Hillel said that during those times, when there was a korban Pesach, matzah and marror should be eaten together. His peers argued that they must be eaten separately. The Gemara concludes that since the halacha was not paskened we eat matzah separately, then marror separately, and then both together to accommodate both opinions.
Posted on: April 5th, 2012
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaIt's 1 p.m. on Friday, Erev Pesach. The rabbi had already sold the chametz at 10 a.m. But I forgot to sell mine. Now the synagogue office is closed and I can't get hold of the form the rabbi uses to sell the chametz. The Torah requires me to remove all chametz from my house on Pesach. But I just cannot bring myself to throw out that Glenfiddich. Is there a way the whisky can remain in my house during Pesach, and would I be able to drink it after Pesach?
Q & A: ‘Ba’arbeh – With Locusts’
Posted on: April 5th, 2012
Judaism → Ask the RabbiQuestion: In the Torah’s description of the ten plagues Hashem inflicted upon Egypt, we find the Hebrew preposition “beit” [meaning “in” or “with”] only in connection with the plague of locust: "Neteh yadcha al eretz Mitzrayim ba'arbeh." Why is this so? And why do most of the commentators on Chumash ignore this question. Menachem (Via E-Mail)
Pesach Video: Baking Passover Matzah in Israel’s Heartland
Posted on: April 4th, 2012
Judaism → HolidaysYishai Fleisher takes us to Beit El in Israel’s heartland, the location of Yaakov’s (Jacob’s) ladder, to bake matzot (unleavened bread) the old fashioned way by hand. A crew of friends and neighbors carefully follow the detailed processes laid out in Jewish Law (Torah) for preparing and baking the matzah in less than 18 minutes [...]
Hashgachah Pratis: Readers Respond (Continued from Last Week)
Posted on: April 4th, 2012
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointI have been sharing personal testimonies on the subject of hashgachah pratis, chosen from a plethora of letters that have reached my desk. Each of these stories reflects a different challenge ranging from problems of health, parnassah, shidduchim and loss of dear ones (some of which I have yet to publish). These difficulties, to one extent or another, at one time or another, have challenged all of us.
Five Terms Of Endearment – So Why Only Four Cups Of Wine?
Posted on: April 4th, 2012
Judaism → HolidaysThe number four seems to play a major role in the Pesach Seder. We have four questions, four sons, four terms of endearment and, of course, one of the major features we soon will be enjoying – the drinking of four cups of wine.
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