Partaking of Twelve Challos and other Shabbos Customs
Many summers ago, when I was single and studying in Paris at the Sorbonne, I decided to spend Shabbos Mevarchim in Strasbourg in the south of France. I stayed at […]
Many summers ago, when I was single and studying in Paris at the Sorbonne, I decided to spend Shabbos Mevarchim in Strasbourg in the south of France. I stayed at […]
And the Disappearance of the Ethrog from Corfu For several centuries Corfu was one of the chief suppliers of Ethrogim to Jews all over the world. The use of Corfu […]
Many readers are familiar with the notorious Dreyfus Affair, which took place in 1894 in France when a Jewish career soldier, a captain in the French army, was falsely accused […]
In the ancient Jewish quarter of the Kazimir district in Cracow, Poland, you’ll find a street called Ulica Estery. It’s named after Queen Esterke, as she was referred to in […]
‘Mother’ of Polish Chassidus Polish King Graces Temerl’s Wedding In Shevat 5547/February 1787 a glorious wedding took place in a suburb of Warsaw that was attended by many prominent members […]
Dear Meir, Please excuse the fact that I do not address you as Rabbi, as you so deserved to be called, due to your Semicha from Mirrer Yeshiva, and the […]
On the first day of Chanukah, Rabbi Yochanan Twersky, the Tolner Rebbe of Jerusalem passed away at the age of 93. Thousands upon thousands participated in the funeral which began […]
Rabbi Refael Aharon Ben Shimon, a native of Rabat, Morocco, grew up in Yerushalayim and served as the Chief Rabbi of Cairo for three decades (1891-1921). An outstanding Talmid Chochom and Posek who led his flock with strict adherence […]
In 1614, one thousand three hundred eighty Jews – the entire Jewish community of Frankfurt, including its rav, Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz, author of the Shlah (Shnei Luchos HaBris) – were […]
As you open your machzor this Rosh Hashanah, something you will probably not expect to find is a Jewish pope. But if you read carefully, that’s exactly what you’ll see. […]