I ❤️ ISRAEL: Praying Mincha in the Old City
A HIDDEN GEM
I returned from Israel a few days ago. When I am asked what I like most about Israel, my answer is: PRAYING...
Give your children everything they need; not everything they want
“When HaShem your God brings you into the land he promised to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob...a land with large, flourishing cities that...
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 the Sultan
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 Portugal
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 (...
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...
