Reflections
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Valley of Death: Babi Yar
Motty Meringer 29/09/2009 11:39One of the most notorious locations used by the Germans for their mass executions was the ‘Babi Yar’ valley near the city of Kiev, Ukraine. Here, the Nazis shot over fifty thousand holy Jews into a communal grave. May Hashem avenge their deaths.
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The Shpoler Zaide
Motty Meringer 24/09/2009 09:00The exceptional figure of the Shpoler Zaide graces the history of Chassidus with his deeds of chessed and mesirus nefesh for each and every Jew – he dedicated his whole life to helping any Jew in need of assistance.
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First King of Israel: Shaul haMelech
21/09/2009 10:00The prophet Shmuel appoints the first King of Israel, Shaul.
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The Jewish community of Salonika
Motty Meringer 18/09/2009 10:00The city of Salonika is one of the major and most ancient cities in Greece. It is a port city, situated on the coast of the Aegean Sea, and is one of the most important ports in Greece and indeed in the whole of Europe. For many years the city had a distinctly Jewish feel to it, in the merit of the glorious Jewish community residing there, whose roots stretched back over two millennia.
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the Minchas Chinuch
Avi Lazer 15/09/2009 13:06A Master of Torah Thought: The ‘Minchas Chinuch’
In Yeshivos and study halls around the world, Torah students toil over the words of the saintly Rabbi Yosef Babad zt’l, in his famous Sefer: ‘Minchas Chinuch’Read More... -
Rabi Yisrael Meir HaKohen of Radin
Avi Lazar 14/09/2009 17:30Rabban shel kol bnei haGolah – the Torah leader of the entire Jewish people in his day – the Chofetz Chaim fought unceasingly for the glory of Torah and the strengthening of Yiddishkeit – named the Chofetz Chaim for his work of that name – also the author of the Mishnah Berurah which has become a definitive work of halachah.
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A Vision of Greatness: Rabbi Yonason Eibeshitz
Avi Lazer 13/09/2009 18:13Rabbi Yonason Eibeshitz was born in the year 1690 (5450) to Rabbi Nosson Nota, descendent of the ‘Megaleh Amukos’ and Rav of the city of Eibeschitz. The precocious young boy was recognized at an early age to be a future luminary of Israel. He was blessed with a phenomenal memory and sharp wit.
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Minhagei Ashkenaz
Avi Lazar 11/09/2009 10:30The meticulousness with which the Jews of Ashkenazic descent have adhered to their traditions has allowed their customs to be preserved with exactitude from the times of the destruction of the second Beis Hamikdash until today.
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Harav Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman – the Ponovezher Rav
Avi Lazar 09/09/2009 10:36The Rav of the town of Ponovezh in Lithuania, who founded a Torah empire in the Holy Land after the Churban of European Jewry – Harav Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman was born in the town of Kuhel in Lithuania. He learned in the Telz yeshiva, and later in Novardok and Radin. He married the daughter of the Moidzer Rav, and was appointed as rav of that town when his father-in-law was appointed as rav of the town of Vilkomir.
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Pillar of Greatness: The Maharal of Prague
Barak Sarig 08/09/2009 10:15The Maharal of Prague, the great teacher Rabbi Lowey was born in the year 5272 and passed away 97 years later. Even though he was known as the Maharal of Prague it's said that it's more correct to call Prague, 'Prague of the Maharal'.
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