Parting Words to Meir Kahane
Dear Meir, Please excuse the fact that I do not address you as Rabbi, as you so deserved to be called, due to your Semicha from Mirrer Yeshiva, and the […]
Rabbi Yochanan Twersky ZT”L
On the first day of Chanukah, Rabbi Yochanan Twersky, the Tolner Rebbe of Jerusalem passed away at the age of 93. Thousands upon thousands participated in the funeral which began […]
Dr. Suessmann Muntner
Three months ago, Dr. Suessmann Muntner died at the age of seventy-five. He was on the way to the Western Wall when he collapsed near the Jaffa Gate of the […]
‘Ba’al HaTurim’ On the Torah
Zakhor Et Yom HaShabbat LeKadsho (Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.) This is the seventh sentence of the Ten Commandments (counting Anochi at the beginning of the first […]
Rabbi Refael Aharon Ben Shimon
Rabbi Refael Aharon Ben Shimon, a native of Rabat, Morocco, grew up in Yerushalayim and served as the Chief Rabbi of Cairo for three decades (1891-1921). An outstanding Talmid Chochom and Posek who led his flock with strict adherence […]
Purim Vinz
In 1614, one thousand three hundred eighty Jews – the entire Jewish community of Frankfurt, including its rav, Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz, author of the Shlah (Shnei Luchos HaBris) – were […]
The Jewish Pope in the Rosh Hashana Machzor
As you open your machzor this Rosh Hashanah, something you will probably not expect to find is a Jewish pope. But if you read carefully, that’s exactly what you’ll see. […]
Papyrus Scroll Sheds Light on Celebration of Pesach 2,500 Years Ago
Exiled after the destruction of the first Beis Hamikdash, a Jewish community seeks guidance “The Passover Letter” is the name given by scholars to a papyrus scroll discovered over a […]
The Jews of Gibraltar
Gibraltar occupies a small peninsula jutting out from the Spanish coast. Its town is situated at the foot and on the lowest levels of the western face of the Rock, […]
Cerf Berr of Medelsheim
Many talmidei chachamim around the world today enhance their learning of Gemara with the Yad David commentary composed by Rabbi Yosef David Sinzheim (recently published by Machon Yerushalayim), first Chief […]