(Courtesy: Rabbi Label Lam – Torah.org) When you go out to war against your enemy and HASHEM your G-d will give him into you your […]
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THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD……
PSALM 23 The great Jewish philosopher and theologian Martin Buber collected in a book the stories of the Hassidim, those fervent Jews in Ukraine and […]
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(Courtesy: Dan Pine) Josiah Derby, a distinguished rabbi who could trace his lineage back more than 900 years, died Dec. 18 in Coconut Creek, Fla., […]
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(Courtesy: OzTorah by Rabbi Dr Raymond Apple) The sound of the shofar which was heard at Mount Sinai when the Torah was given “became louder […]
Continue readingTHE CANDLE OF CONTEMPLATION
(Courtesy: Rabbi Paul J. Kipnes)A Story(learned from Rabbi Cheryl Peretz)There is wonderful Hasidic story, told of a conversation between the rabbi and a member of […]
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The great Jewish philosopher and theologian Martin Buber collected in a book the stories of the Hassidim, those fervent Jews in Ukraine and Poland who, […]
Continue readingG-D SEES! A MORAL FOR OUR TIMES
Courtesy:Jewish Times ofSouth Jersey, by Rabbi Max Fox (Congregation Rodef Sholom) The story is told of the 18th Century Chassidic leader, Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of […]
Continue readingTHE POOR BEADLE OF BERDICHEV
(Courtesy: Rochelle Ratner) Because he studied textswithout understandingbut felt them in his heartwhen others prayed and because he knew their Godwas his God also:never counting […]
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(Courtesy: Yrachmiel Tilles) Once a Jew came to Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev to pour out his heart. He was a well to do business man and […]
Continue readingTHE GHOSTS OF CHANUKAH FUTURE
(Courtesy: Rabbi Jill Jacobs ) It has become fashionable in Jewish liberal circles to note the irony that Chanukah, historically a victory of religious zealots […]
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