Reflections
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A Lifetime of Holiness
B. Wolff 16/04/2009 11:41On the occasion of the Yahrzeit of Rabbi Yisrael Yitzchak Kalisch of Vorka zt’l
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Torah Revolution in America
B. Wolff 16/04/2009 10:54A short history of Jews in the United States(on the occasion of the day of the inauguration of the first Shul in New York - ‘She’eris Yisrael’, in the year 5490 / 1730).
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Glory of a World Gone By
B. Wolff 14/04/2009 10:00On the 20th of Nissan 4798/1038, Rabbi Hai Gaon, the last of the Geonim passed away.
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Captain of the Ship
B. Wolff 13/04/2009 10:00The Life and Times of Rabbi Menachem Zemba hy’d, Author of the Sefer ‘Totzaot Chaim’ and Martyr of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
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the Yahrzeit of the ‘Yad Ramah’
Motty Meringer 12/04/2009 10:00Rabbeinu Meir ben Todros haLevi Abulafia, more commonly known as the Ramah was a great scholar in both the revealed and hidden Torah.
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Yarzheit of Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe
B. Wolff 11/04/2009 10:00Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe, the author of the series "Alei Shur" was known as the Mashgiach.
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the Yarzheit of the great Rabbi Simcha Mordechai Ziskind
B. Wolff 10/04/2009 10:00The Yahrzeit of the Rosh Yeshiva of Chevron, the Gaon Rav Simcha Mordechai Ziskind Broide, author of the sefer ‘VeSam Derech’
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the Conquering of Massada
09/04/2009 10:00In southern Israel stands Massada, the great rock which was witness to the brave story of the Jews more than 2000 years ago.
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the Fast of the First-born
Motty Meringer 07/04/2009 10:00The fast of the first born is in remembrance of Hashem's mercy on the Jews during the 10th plague of skipping over their houses and therefore sparing their first borns.
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Yahrtzeit of the 'Beit Yosef'
Motty Meringer 06/04/2009 10:00On the 13th of Nissan, Rabbi Yosef Karo passed away. Rabbi Yosef wrote the book the Beit Yosef which is a comprehensive work on halacha.