I am really praying that we all get to Meron this year. With no limitations or state-sponsored violence against the visitors. For the first time in about five years…. But we all know that the Evils won’t like that, because praying in Meron on L’ag B’omer is a key way of ‘sweetening judgements’ on the […]
A delicious day
Today for the first time in three months, I took a long walk.
I walked downtown, to go get some meat for the Purim Seuda next week.
And in the process, I thought I'd actually make a day of it, because the sun was shining, the birds were…
Rome, New York and Tel Aviv – all Sdom and Gomorrah, more comments from the Rav
Shavua Tov!
Here's some more super-interesting comments from the Rav, from a few weeks' ago, while we're all sitting here waiting to see what crazy turns the crazy world takes next.
Enjoy!
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Excerpt of a shiur given in Beer Sheva, during…
A miracle story: overcoming bacterial pneumonia with a pidyon
A true story.
A few weeks ago, I was pondering how the ‘miracle stories’ I used to hear all the time about Rav Berland, and which also helped me to get closer to the Rav, have kind of dried up, since the State started their persecution…
Steiglitz and Peretz, bankers to the Tzars – Part 3
Welcome back to part 3 of our investigation into the converted Jews that got to the very top of Imperial Russian society in the 19th century.
In this post, we’re going to return to LUDWIG JOHANN, BARON VON STIEGLITZ (1779-1843).
He’s…
A new yishuv in Gush Etzion
In the middle of all the madness, there is still so much good news to celebrate.
Last month, 12 brave young families accompanied 12 caravans to a patch of barren ground at the Northern tip of Gush Etzion, close to Jerusalem and Har Gilo.
Long…
All planned in advance
Honestly, I am down to two Telegram channels a day now - and that's it, for my 'news' consumption.
One of them is the La Quinta Columna site, that I google translate from the Spanish - and it tells me way more about what is really going on…