Young Zionist Leadership Academy Mission To Israel (Photo Essay)
Jerusalem, Israel – Dec. 28, 2023 – The program “The Zionist Leadership Academy” at the Recruitment Resources Division of Keren Kayemet L’Yisrael – Jewish National Fund (KKL – JNF) together with the Pioneering Youth and Continuing Generation Department in the World Zionist Organization (WZO), was initiated out of the importance of promoting future Zionist leadership and […]
Levi the Soldier- Levi the Bochur
The day after Simchas Torah, I wrote an article about Levi, a bochur from Yeshiva Ateres Shmuel in Waterbury, who was called up to serve in the IDF on Simchas Torah as this terrible war was just beginning. As the word spread in yeshiva during hakafos the community and yeshiva gathered around Levi who was […]
Parshas Toldos – The Nuts Can Fall Very Far From the Trees
Parshas Toldos presents us with one of the most difficult to understand and troubling narratives in the Torah. Yitzchak, Kadosh Lashem, was bound on a Mizbeach for a Korban. His Tmimos was so complete that he was not permitted to ever leave Eretz Yisroel. And Rivka Imeinu: Rivka, who grew up in a house of […]
Marsha Grant: Thank You, Baltimore; An Update from the HomeFront
Jerusalem, Israel – Nov. 10, 2023 – On behalf of all the 2000 people in the Olive Tree, Grand Court and Leonardo Hotels in Jerusalem, I would like to thank you for your kind donations. Baltimore is a community built on chessed. I’d like to bring you to date on what is going on here […]
Israel at War – Ezer Mizion: A Beacon of Hope
These are complex,painful days. Israel is engaged in a difficult battle. As our hearts are bleeding in the face of the terrible news that we are witnessing, Ezer Mizion is mobilizing in full force, as one man with one heart. Our professional and administrative team work side by side with our corps of dedicated volunteers. […]
Parshas Noach: A Favorable Outcome
We are living in a world of stark contrasts. Millions of Arabs are supporting the unspeakable crimes Hamas terrorists committed over Simchas Torah. Their bloodthirsty calls for the eradication of the Jewish people, echoing the same objectives of the heinous Nazi regime, and much of the world’s hesitance to condemn Hamas, exhibiting ‘neutral’ sympathy for […]
Watch: War at Gaza- Divrei Chizuk upon the Simchas Torah War by Horav Michoel Sorotzkin (Video)
Special Mi Sheberach Nussach Composed by Sephardic Chief Rabbi HaRav Yitzchak Yosef Regarding the Current War in Eretz Yisrael
Special Nussach for Mi Sheberach from the Sephardic Chief Rabbi HaRav Yitzchak Yosef, shlita, son of Chacham Ovadya Yosef, Zatzal, composed for the Simchas Torah war וזו × ×•×¡×— התפילה: ×™×”×™ רצון ×ž×œ×¤× ×™×š ×”’ ××œ×§×™× ×• ו×להי ××‘×•×ª×™× ×•, ×©×ª×ª×ž×œ× ×‘×¨×—×ž×™× ×¢×œ×™× ×• ועל כל עמך ישר×ל ×•×ª×¦×™×œ× ×• ×•×ª×•×©×™×¢× ×• מיד כל ××•×™×‘× ×• ×•×©×•× ××™× ×•, ומכף כל מבקשי ×¨×¢×ª×™× ×•, הפר ×¢×¦×ª× […]
Monday Night's Kinus Tefillah at Shomrei Emunah (Photo Essay & Videos)
Baltimore, MD – Oct. 10, 2023 – I love words. Writing is my hobby and for the occasional writers block, it comes easily, or at least flows at some point. Not this time. The only words that now flow are not from the pen but rather from the mouth as I hold my Sefer Tehillim […]
The Moment the Simchas Torah War Hit Home
Simchas Torah in Waterbury is beautiful in multiple ways. So many of our homegrown bochurim are home sharing their Simchas Torah with their families and the children of the community. All our shuls are packed with guests who have come to join in the Simchas Torah of a young and vibrant community. On the morning […]
