Reflections
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Harav Shlomo Carlebach
David Sofer 03/11/2009 08:00Harav Shlomo Carlebach was a singer, musician, composer and a great master of the emotions. He travelled around the world singing his songs and telling his stories – and through this, many Jews were brought back to their heritage.
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The Burning of the Talmud
Motty Meringer 02/11/2009 10:37In the course of history, many of the enemies of the Jews have attempted to harm our holy Torah, through the method of burning our holy books. Their attempts have, however, not met with success, since the kol Torah, the voices of Jews raised in learning, continues to reverberate throughout the ages and indeed only strengthens itself in the face of hostility and opposition.
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Rav Zev Wolf Kitzis zt’l
Motty Meringer 30/10/2009 09:00Rav 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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Our Matriarch Rachel
Motty Meringer 29/10/2009 09:00Rachel 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 10:25Harav 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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Yeshivas ‘Shaar haTorah – Grodno’
Motty Meringer 27/10/2009 10:32Yeshivas ‘Shaar haTorah’ existed in the city Grodno for a relatively short period of twenty years, but in that time succeeded in leaving its indelible mark on the Yeshiva world. The methods of Torah study used in Grodno have been adopted in many of the Litvishe Yeshivos of today
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Rabbi Don Yitzchak Abarbanel
Motty Meringer 26/10/2009 11:40The 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 10:57The 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 20:15Who 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 09:00A 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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