DOÑA GRACIA (Part 4) and the Jewish Boycott against Ancona, Italy
GOOD RELATIONSSomething exceptional and unprecedented, which included the intervention of Doña Gracia Mendes-Nasí, occurred in the city of Ancona, an important commercial port on...
DOÑA GRACIA MENDES (Part 3). In Constantinople, under the auspices of...
FROM SPAIN TO TURKEY
In Turkey, the Jews lived very well, under the auspices and protection of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (1520-1566), who generously received...
Doña Gracia Mendes (Part 2) and the Spanish Bible of Ferrara
SUMMARY
We are briefly reviewing the life and work of Beatriz de Luna, later known as Doña Gracia Mendes. Let us remember that when the...
Doña Gracia Mendes (Part 1): Rescuing Jewish refugees from Spain and...
FORGOTTEN GIANTS
Doña Gracias Mendes (1510-1568), also known as Doña Gracia Nasí, was probably the woman who did the most for the Jewish people in...
NES MOOSSAN: The Aleppo Blood Libel, 1853
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"Blood libel also called blood accusations, the superstitious accusations that Jews ritually sacrifice Christian children at Passover to obtain blood for unleavened bread (...
How was Shabuot celebrated in Jerusalem?
רֵאשִׁית, בִּכּוּרֵי אַדְמָתְךָ, תָּבִיא בֵּית ה 'אֱלֹקיך
Shabu’ot, the day in which we celebrate the giving of the Tora to Bnei Israel and the beginning...
Who Should Say Hello First?
רבי מתיא בן חרש אומר: הוי מקדים שלום לכל אדם
Rabbi Matya ben Harash was an important Tanna, a rabbi of the time of the...
Rabbi Akiva and the Jewish Fish
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
Around the year 130 CE, 60 years after the destruction of the Second Bet haMiqdash, Emperor Hadrian's horrific decrees included a ban on...
Pesach Sheni: the Second Pesach
Today is the 14th day of Iyar, 29 days of Omer (4 weeks, 1 day)
Thirty days after Pesach we commemorate Pesach Sheni or The...
A PERSONALITY TEST, by KING SOLOMON
מַצְרֵף לַכֶּסֶף וְכוּר לַזָּהָב וְאִישׁ לְפִי מַהֲלָלוֹ
There are good people and bad people in the world. But no one considers himself to be on...
The Inexplicable Ceasefire of (June 11th, 1948).
(This article is the continuation of the article found at this link).
ורדפו מכם חמשה מאה ומאה מכם רבבה ירדפו ונפלו אויביכם לפניכם לחרב
THE WORST...
Israel’s Miraculous Independence War (May 15, 1948)
Israel’s victory in the War of Independence, which began on May 15, 1948 and lasted for 10 months, is unprecedented in the annals of...
The First Victim
Today is Yom HaZikaron, the day we honor the memory of the soldiers of the Israeli Army who sacrificed their lives for the establishment...
The Balfour Declaration And A Home For The Jews (1914-1917)
אמר לו ר ‘חייא: כך היא גאולתן של ישראל, בתחילה קמעא קמעא, כל מה שהיא הולכת, היא רבה והולכת
In 1914 it seemed that the...
Chaim Weizmann And A Sefer Tora In The White House
THE JEWISH STATE OF UGANDA
Weizmann was born into an Orthodox family in Belarus, Russia, in 1874. He was one of 15 siblings. He studied...
How And Why The New York Times Ignored The Holocaust
THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL IS FOR POWERFUL MEN TO DO NOTHING
WHEN JEWS WERE OBSESSED TO BE GERMANS...
Many times I...
MINHAGIM OF SEFIRAT HAOMER
From the end of Pesach until the 33rd day of the Omer we have the tradition of keeping certain customs of mourning, in memory...
The Two States Solution (1918-1922)
שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד לוּלֵי ה 'שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ יֹאמַר-נָא יִשְׂרָאֵל לוּלֵי ה' שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ בְּקוּם עָלֵינוּ אָדָם
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Once the First World War was...
Singing while crossing the sea
PESACH AND HALLEL
One of the most important Mitsvot of the Pesach is the recitation of the Hallel. The Hallel, for example, marks the official...
