יום חמישי י"ח באדר ב תשפ"ד 28/03/2024
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  • The Mission Continues

    As in the past so it remains today - we were and still are under the selfsame commitment to adhere to the directions of the Gedolei Yisrael, who stand guard against breaches of purity threatening our camp. When we were required to ask – we asked. When we were instructed to depart – we left. The moment we are summoned back to raise the flag, every other consideration is pushed to the side and we answer: We are ready!

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בראי היום

  • Harav Yisrael Friedman zy”a, the Rebbe of Husyatin

    מוטי, ויקיפדיה העברית

    The ancestral chain of Harav Yisrael Friedman, the founder of the Husyatin chassidic court, originates with the holy Baal Shem Tov. The Husyatin chassidus has its roots in Galicia and eventually came to Tel Aviv, during the turbulent years between the two World Wars.

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  • Maccabi'im Gravesite

    In honour of Chanukah, we will discuss a fascinating, ongoing investigation attempting to establish the place of burial of Mattisyahu Kohen Gadol and his family.

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Reflections

  • Rav Zev Wolf Kitzis zt’l

    Motty Meringer 30/10/2009 09:00

    Rav Zev Wolf Kitzis was originally one of the most ardent opponents of the Baal Shem Tov - and eventually became one of his greatest followers

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  • Omer Messinger

    Our Matriarch Rachel

    Motty Meringer 29/10/2009 09:00

    Rachel was the youngest matriarch and hers was a short life of pain and suffering. She is the one who stands before G-d and beseeches Him to end the suffering of His people in the exile and bring about the final redemption.

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  • The Tchebiner Rav

    David Sofer 28/10/2009 10:25

    Harav Dov Berish Wiedenfeld ztz”l, more commonly known as the Gaon of Tchebin, served as rav, rosh yeshivah and prominent posek halachah – and was one of the recognised leaders of the Torah world in Eretz Yisrael.

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  • Rabbi Don Yitzchak Abarbanel

    Motty Meringer 26/10/2009 11:40

    The life and times of Rabbi Yitzchak ben Yehuda Abarbanel, minister in several royal courts and author of the all-encompassing commentary on Tanach.

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  • Rav Yehudah Meir Shapira of Lublin zt’l

    25/10/2009 10:57

    The Gaon Rav Yehudah Meir Shapira zt’l was the founder of Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin, at whose helm he stood. He was also the initiator of the idea of the ‘Daf haYomi’, which brings hundreds of thousands of Jews together from across the whole world. He was niftar in the year 5694 at the young age of forty-eight.

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  • Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon – the Rambam

    24/10/2009 20:15

    Who can describe the greatness of Rabbeinu Moshe ben Maimon, the Rambam, called by some ‘the great eagle’?

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  • The holy Rebbe of Shtefenesht

    Motty Meringer 23/10/2009 09:00

    A Light Unto the Nations:
    The holy Rebbe of Shtefenesht - Rabbi Avraham Matisyahu Friedman zt’l, a towering personality to whom Jew and gentile alike streamed for blessings and advice.

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  • אתרוג

    The Admor Rebbe Klonimus Kalmish Shapira of Piaszene

    22/10/2009 09:00

    The Admor Rebbe Klonimus Kalmish Shapira of Piaszene, Hy’d
    One of the greatest Chassidic leaders whose light shone over Polish Jewry, even in its darkest moments

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  • Rabbi Yehudah the Chasid

    Motty Meringer 21/10/2009 09:00

    Rabbi Yehudah Segal who was famously known as Rabbi Yehudah the Chasid (the pious) led the first Aliyah (immigration, ascending to Eretz-Yisroel) of Ashkenazic Jews (Jews who originate from Central or Eastern Europe) from after the destruction of the Second Temple. Rabbi Yehuda’s entourage included over one thousand Jews.

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  • The Baalei HaTosefos

    Motty Meringer 18/10/2009 11:20

    An inseparable part of learning the Babylonian Talmud is the study of the baalei HaTosefos. Several hundred rabbonim number among the baalei HaTosefos, who were engaged in the teaching and spreading of Torah from their yeshivos throughout Europe, over a period of more than two hundred years.

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