Dedicated in the memory of Devorah Sarah bat Avraham Notes and sources below the Rosh HaShanah video!!! About Rabbi Shmuel Veffer Rabbi Veffer who presents this webinar on Rosh HaShana – The Jewish New Year, is most widely known as the inventor of the KosherLamp and producer of Galilee Green Read more…
“See, this day I set before you blessing and curse:” (Deuteronomy 11:26) WAR UPDATE 41 There have been a lot of “reality checks” this past week here in Israel. Each one seemed to upturn conventional wisdom. 1. PREEMPTIVE STRIKE IN LEBANON Many experts said we had to “finish” with Hamas Read more…
Early in the war, IDF Soldiers prayed at the 6th century synagogue in Gaza. (The Synagogue was being used before the Islamic invasion 636 by Caliph Omar who had a dome built on the ruins of King Solomon’s Temple Mount) A while ago I took this photo of the mosaic Read more…
If you look closely at the modern Israeli 10 Agorot coin, you’ll notice something strange. It has an engraving of an irregular-shaped ancient coin on it. That ancient coin was minted by Mattathias Antigonus (Matityahu), the last King of the Hasmonean Dynasty. As you may know, the Maccabees who defeated Read more…
The period between Passover and Shavuot is the time period when we count the days of the “Omer” – Sefirat HaOmer. However the period also carries with it several customs related to mourning. The Talmud (Yevamot 62b) explains that 33 day mourning period during these weeks is to commemorate Rabbi Read more…
Holocaust Remembrance Day Story As I listened to the siren go off this morning at 10am bringing the entire country of Israel to a minute of silence for Holocaust Remembrance Day, I thought about my family members who were incinerated by the Nazis… and those who miraculously escaped. Today is Read more…
At no time of the Jewish year is the synagogue as “wild” as during the Megillah (Book of Esther) reading: Every time Haman’s name is read, the congregation erupts in a deafening chorus of groggers (noisemakers), clanging pots, and sirens. Some write Haman’s name on the bottom of their shoes Read more…
There are 304,805 Hebrew letters in the Chumash – 5 Books of Moses. That’s about 90,000 words or the length of a medium-sized novel. It tells us the story of human civilization and Jewish history for its first 2,000 years in a very concise book. That’s a big undertaking. Yet Read more…
Tu B’Shvat has great significance in the agricultural laws that are relevant in the Land of Israel. The 15th day of the month of Shvat (which falls on Thursday January 25, 2024 this week) is the cut-off date in the Hebrew calendar for calculating the age of a fruit-bearing tree. Read more…
And you always thought Aaron’s staff turning into a serpent!!! Here’s a guest post by Rabbi Ari Kahn… In order to implement his plan to enslave the Jews, it was important for Pharaoh to dehumanize his victims. Thus, the Jews’ birthrate is described from the Egyptian perspective, in language that Read more…
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