Sukkos 5784 – Machzikei Hadas
This coming Tuesday, 18 Tishrei, is the 18th yahrtzeit of HaRav Naftali Neuberger, zt”l, of Ner Yisroel. This shtikle is dedicated le’iluy nishmaso, Naftali ben Meir Halevi. I heard the following from Rav Tzvi Mordechai Feldheim of Mesivta Kesser Torah last year: The four species we traditionally take and shake on Sukkos carry numerous different symbolisms. If you ask […]
Off-Duty Sheriff's Deputy Shot To Death In Federal Hill
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 29, 2023 – A 23-year-old off-duty Howard County Sheriff’s deputy, Ryan Demby, was fatally shot following a bar altercation in Federal Hill on Thursday night, according to WMAR2News. The incident, which started as a verbal dispute among bar patrons, escalated when shots were fired around midnight. The exact involvement of Demby […]
Bribery Allegations Spark Outrage Over Israeli Ministry of Religion's Plan to Distribute Sweets in Shuls on Simchat Torah
The Ministry of Religion caused an uproar after it announced that it would distribute candy bags to children in synagogues on Simchat Torah in order to “bring the children of Israel closer and connect them to tradition.” Haaretz TV critic Rogel Alpher wrote that it was a bribe to children. “The Israeli government has launched a […]
Watch: Rabbi Ori Strum – The Starry Night and the Holiday of Sukkos (Video)
Sivan Rahav-Meir / The Daily Portion / Sukkot: When unity and joyfulness are ever present.
We have aspired to unity and joyfulness since our nation was born. These aspirations are brought to the forefront of our attention on the holiday of Sukkot.As we learned in kindergarten a long time ago, unity is found in the four species of plants that we wave together on Sukkot. They have either smell or […]
Dianne Feinstein Dies At Age 90
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has died at the age of 90. Feinstein served three decades as a senator from California, becoming an icon and a trailblazer in the process. A former mayor of San Francisco, Feinstein is the longest-serving member of the Senate Democratic conference and during her Senate tenure left a mark on a range of […]
Daily Dvar Halacha – Sept. 29 /14 Tishrei – Is my Esrog Muktzah this Shabbos? (Video)
Watch Rabbi Shmuel Silber: Succos: The Power of Imagination (Video)
Charedi Sues Bus Driver Who Humiliated Him on Public Route
A Charedi man filed a lawsuit against a bus driver after he trapped him on a bus and humiliated him during a bus ride to Beit Shemesh. The driver, an Arab, was arrested after the incident, convicted of uttering threats, and sentenced to three months probation and NIS 3,000 in compensation. The civil lawsuit was […]
Succos/Simchas Torah 5784: The Other Side of Torah and Mitzvos
The YomTov of Succos represents multiple ideas within the Torah and the Mepharshim. The Torah tells us that the Chag recalls how we lived in these makeshift houses as we left Mitzrayim. (Behar 23:43) The Gemara questions whether we are commemorating the actual “houses” in which we lived temporarily or whether we are really referring […]
