Rebbetzin Gitel (Twersky) Weinberg
The joy-filled life of Rebbetzin Gitel Weinberg, whose sole purpose was to gladden the hearts of others. Just three weeks ago in Yerushalayim, Rebbetzin Gitel (Twersky) Weinberg—the link […]
Rav Yisrael Tzvi Weinberg,– Father of Tolna Rebbe
Rav Yisrael Tzvi Weinberg, who passed away this past Succos, left behind the fulfillment of his father-in-law’s last hope. Son-in-law of the previous Tolna Rebbe, father to the current Rebbe […]
The Kozhnitzer Rebbe- Rabbi Shimshon Sternberg
It’s the storyline in so many chassidishe ma’ases; the rebbe instructing the ba’alagole to prepare the horses, for they will be traveling. Where? It isn’t clear. Why? Equally vague. But […]
A Jewish Poetess Killed by Muhammad
Unfortunately, we have no contemporary Jewish sources regarding the Jewish community in the Hagiz (known today as Saudia Arabia) during the period of the establishment of Islam and Mohammad’s relationship […]
Dr. Lazar Menachem Belleli, The Jew Who Saved Judeo-Greek for Eternity.
For more than two thousand years Jews who have been living in Greek lands have been speaking Yevanic, a Greek language containing Hebraic and Aramaic words written in Hebrew characters. […]
The Judith-“Milchig” Chanukah Connection
The Judith-“Milchig” Chanukah Connection by. Pearl Herzog When Chanukah arrives, many Jewish tables will tastily testify to the custom of eating dairy products over the course of those special eight […]
The Haggadah in the Garage — The Aron Wolf Herlingen Haggadah
HAGGADAH IN THE GARAGE IN MANCHESTER, AN HISTORIC PIECE OF JUDAICA TURNS UP IN AN UNLIKELY PLACE A rare illuminated Haggadah believed to have been commissioned to commemorate the birth […]
Ode to a Grandmother, Rebbetzin Chavah Bacharach
Rabbi Yair Chaim Bacharach, a German Rov born in Leipnik Moravia in 1639 was considered one of the greatest Poskim of the seventeenth century and is best known for his […]
Simcha Minhagim
There’s a well known Jewish joke, that the last time a husband will have a chance to put his foot down will be at his Chupah, when he steps on […]
Lag Baomer Pilgrimage to the grave of Harav Ephraim Encaoua
For several centuries after the passing of the tzaddik Harav Ephraim Encaoua (Elnkaoua, or Elnekave), thousands of Jews from Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and France gathered every Lag BaOmer at his […]