The last installment of the Rav’s awesome shiur. At the end, we get the most important message of all: A person can cancel every [decree of] Shoah. With sincere teshuva, and heartfelt prayer – and some help from Rabbenu. == Mi’mekomech malkenu tofia We sing this every Shabbat. He [the Klausenberger Rebbe] sang this, mi’mekomech malkenu […]
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…
The Rav on the Biebs
Excerpt of a shiur given after the morning prayers, Parshat Mishpatim (February 22, 2025)
Now, they returned another six hostages, there will be a seminary[1] in Be’eri, in Nir Oz, these are those [i.e. the hostages] from Nir Oz.
The Biebs[2],…
Stieglitz and Peretz, Bankers to the Tzar – Part 2
Welcome back to the second installment of the STIEGLITZ and PERETZ investigation.
(You can read Part 1 HERE).
This story really began back with ‘Di Muma Leah[1]’, big supporter of the chassidic rebbe ‘ISRAEL OF RUZHIN’ – and the…