Rabbi Shemtob Gaguin (1884-1953)
Rabbi Shemtob Gaguin(e) was born in Jerusalem in 1884. Rabbi Gaguin was a British Sephardic Rabbi and a descendent of a famous Moroccan Rabbinical dynasty which...
TEFILA: Mode Ani Lefanekha
מוֹדֶה אֲנִי לְפָנֶֽיךָ, מֶֽלֶךְ חַי וְקַיָּם, שֶׁהֶחֱזַֽרְתָּ בִּי נִשְׁמָתִי בְּחֶמְלָה, רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ.Virtually all...
The 13 Principles: # 12: The Mashiah
The Twelfth principle involves our belief in the coming of the Messiah and the Messianic age. The Messianic age will take place when the...
“Sandy” and the blessings of a blackout
We are expecting a big storm in New York today. In our area the worst part will probably begin after 7.00 PM. We have...
The 13 Principles: # 11: God is Just.
The Eleventh principle of Judaism asserts that God is Just. He rewards those who keep His commandments and punishes those who transgress them.
In the...
TEFILA (Jewish prayer): Introduction.
Praying is an innate tendency of any human being who believes in God. Since God is all-powerful, merciful and compassionate, man would naturally make...
The 13 Principles of Judaism: # 10. God knows everything.
The Tenth principle asserts that God is omniscient, i.e., He knows everything.
His knowledge, obviously, is completely unlike our knowledge. We acquire knowledge while "His knowledge is...
Rabbi Moshe Chefetz (or Hefes) 1663-1711
Rabbi Moshe ben Gershom (1663-1711) known as Rabbi Moshe Chefetz (of Hefes) was a rabbinic scholar from Italy. Born in Trieste, raised in Venice,...
ROSH CHODESH CHESHVAN
√ Rosh Chodesh -the beginning of the Hebrew month- is a semi festive day. The hierarchal order of the Jewish festive days is: Shabbat,...
