Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto (1565-1648), rabbi of Damascus, Siria.
The family of Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, came from Portugal. The famous patriarch of the family, Rabbi Yosef Pinto, established himself in Damascus the year...
TEHILIM # 07, the boomerang effect
יגמר נא רע רשעים
מזמור ז', פסוק י
This Mizmor describes the Tefila that David compose, before he became a King, asking for HaShem's assistance and...
The Tenth of Tebet
Today is the Tenth of Tebet. The main event we remember on this day is the onset of the siege of Jerusalem by Nebukhadnezzar,...
TENTH OF TEBET: Ezra haSofer and the return of the Jews to Erets Israel
Tomorrow, Thursday January 1st, we will observe the Tenth of Tebet, a fast day which remind us of three tragic events (see here). One...
The Tenth of Tebet. What is the Septuagint?
This coming Thursday, January 1st, we will observe the Tenth of Tebet, a fast day which remind us of three tragic events. The main...
The AL HANISIM prayer
At the end of the year 167 b.c.e approximately in December, by order of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, King of Syria and so ruler of...
EMUNA: “Abinu”, Abraham’s revolution
Last week we explained that one of the names we use to referring to HaShem is ABINU, our father. We said that Yesha'ayah, the...
Rabbi Hasday Crescas (1340-1411)
Rabbi Hasday Crescas (1340-1411) was born in Barcelona, Spain in the winter of 1340. He was a rabbi, a philosopher and a statesman. A...
TEHILIM # 06: Feeling close to HaShem
Rabbi David Qimhi explains (6:1) that David haMelekh composed this Psalm of Tehilim at a time that he was very sick. From the very...
EMUNA: ABINU, our Father
The names by which we call or refer to HaShem have much to teach us about our Emuna. First it's worth noting that by...
