Fifty Years since the Yom Kippur War – Israel State Archives Reveals Archival Material
The Israel State Archives, part of the Prime Minister’s Office, has been working for the past 2.5 years on revealing thousands of files that tell the story of the Yom Kippur War – on the front lines and the home front, and in the government. For the first time, it is possible to use original […]
Challenging Students Resemble Us: Chizuk For Rebbeim And Teachers
The busy weeks of preparation before school have come to an end as we begin the new school year. It’s the first day of school, and from my vantage point in front of the bais medrash at Yeshiva K’tana of Waterbury I see close to a hundred Middle School boys ready for their first morning […]
25 Thousand at Selichot at the Kotel (Video & Photos)
The Western Wall Heritage Foundation: “We call on the public to come early in the month of Elul to say Selichot, and not only during the last days of Selichot and Aseret Yemei Teshuva between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, in order to spread out the crowds for the safety and welfare of all those […]
Op-Ed: Dick Morris – Calling For A Cut In U.S. Aid To Israel, Vivek Makes Serious Mistake
Whenever an inexperienced neophyte runs for president and ventures into foreign policy, he almost always puts his foot in his mouth due to ignorance and lack of preparation. Now Vivek Ramaswamy, an interesting candidate, has made a big blunder by calling for a cut in U.S. aid to Israel. He even wants its hostile Arab […]
Sivan Rahav-Meir / The Daily Portion / 3 Thoughts For Today, TU B'Av
In addition to the wonderful songs that Binny Landau, a talented Israeli artist, sang in an appearance last night, we also heard his thoughts regarding today, the 15th of Av (Tu B’Av). Here are three of them:1. Our sages stated: “There were no more joyful days in Israel than the 15th of Av and Yom […]
Rabbi Boruch Leff in The Yated: Good Shabbos, Ribbono Shel Olam
Baltimore, MD – July 28, 2023 – We lost someone very special in Baltimore recently. Rabbi Sholom Weingot, a renowned talmid chacham, rosh kollel of Dirshu, expert mechanech, baal menagen, baal middos tovos, and man of good cheer was niftar just a few weeks before his 70th birthday. One of the maspidim mentioned that Rabbi […]
Shiva Asar B'Tammuz Baltimore Zmanim – Thursday, July 6 and The Three Weeks
Shiva Assur B’Tammuz – Baltimore Zmanim: Thursday, July 6, 2023 – Fast Begins 4:01/4:32 AM Fast Ends: 9:19PM Baltimore, MD – July 5, 2023 – Although the Three Weeks and the other two fasts are a period of mourning and introspection, Zechariah the Navi tells us (Zechariah 8:19) that eventually, the four fasts of Klal […]
The Director Behind the Scenes
“×× ×™ מ×מין ב××ž×•× ×” שלימה ×©×”×‘×•×¨× ×™×ª×‘×¨×š שמו ×”×•× ×‘×•×¨× ×•×ž× ×”×™×’ לכל הברו××™× ×•×”×•× ×œ×‘×“×• עשה עושה ויעשה לכל המעשי×.”[1] Boreh U’manhig After describing Hashem as the world’s “boreh (creator),” the first of the Thirteen Principles adds that He is also the world’s “manhig” — its driver and director. Hashem’s role as boreh facilitates His role […]
Rabbi Shmuel Silber – Parsha Perspectives: Kindling New Perspective (Behaaloscha)
“The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to Aaron and say to him: “When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall cast their light toward the face of the menorah (Vayikra 8:1-2)” Aharon was distressed. He felt left out and marginalized. The Tribal Princes brought beautiful and significant offerings to mark the dedication of […]
Rabbi Shmuel Silber – Parsha Perspectives: Kindling New Perspective (Behaaloscha)
“The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to Aaron and say to him: “When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall cast their light toward the face of the menorah (Vayikra 8:1-2)” Aharon was distressed. He felt left out and marginalized. The Tribal Princes brought beautiful and significant offerings to mark the dedication of […]
