Loving Your Spouse The Way You Are Or The Way She...
TO LOVE OR TO FALL IN LOVE?
Love is not infatuation. Love should not be seen as a spontaneous feeling that happens or does not...
The Three Most Important Words In Marriage
אמר רבי אלעא: אין העולם מתקיים אלא בשביל מי שבולם עצמו בשעת מריבה, שנאמר: תולה ארץ על בלימה
“The world is sustained by the merit...
Rabbi Ben-Zion Cuenca (1867-1937) And The Hebron Massacre Of 1929
HIS CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION
Rabbi Ben-Zion Cuenca was born in the old city of Jerusalem in 1867. His surname, Cuenca, corresponds to a province...
The End Of The Seven Days Of Mourning
1. HOW ARE THE SEVEN DAYS CALCULATED? The seven days of mourning begin when the burial has ended. Therefore, the day of the burial...
Aharon Mendel HaCohen (1866-1927), The Ashkenazi Rabbi Of Cairo, Egypt
NATION OR RELIGION?
One of the most fascinating, but not very well known, stories from the early 20th century is the attempt to renew...
SHELOSHIM: Mourning for the 30 days and the 12 months
MOURNING FOR PARENTS AND OTHER RELATIVESThe mourning periods differ depending on whether one is mourning for parents or other relatives. For a father or...
The Shoah, Pfizer, And The Vaccine That Protects And Saves Millions...
THE BOURLA FAMILY
"Bourla" (also spelled "Burla") is the surname of a famous Sephardic family from Spain. After the expulsion in 1492 we find...
SHEMOT: The Beginning of the Jewish People and the Beginnings of...
We have just finished the book of Bereshit, Genesis. Bereshit is not a book of laws. It is a book that tells us how...
The Damascus Blood Libel (1840)
THE ALLEGED CRIME
In the morning of Wednesday, February 5, 1840, the Catholic monk Thomas left his monastery in Damascus. In the afternoon, it is...
Rabbi Isaac Abulafia (1830-1910) and the Education of the Jews...
RAISED BY HIS GRANDFATHER Rabbi Isaac Abulafia was born in Damascus, Syria, in 1830. He came from a family of great luminaries dating back...
