PURIM: The Holocaust Averted
WHAT HAPPENED ON PURIM?
Tomorrow is Rosh Chodesh -- the beginning of the month of Adar. In a few more days we will celebrate the...
Rabbi Abraham de Sola (1825-1882), a Forgotten Sephardic Giant
EARLY LIFE
Rabbi Abraham de Sola (1825-1882) was a Canadian Rabbi, an orientalist and a prominent scientist. Rabbi De Sola was recognized as one of...
Rabbi David Nieto (1654-1720) and the Sephardic community of London
Portrait of Rabbi David ben Pinehas Nieto
FROM VENICE TO LONDON
Rabbi David Nieto was born in Venice, Italy, in 1654. At an early age he...
Rabbi Portaleone And The Four-Hours A Day Tora Curriculum
EARLY LIFE
Rabbi Abraham Portaleone (אברהם משער אריה , 1542-1612) was born in the city of Mantua (Mantova), Italy. The family of Rabbi Abraham was...
Rabbi Obadia de Bertinoro (1455-1515), from Italy to Jerusalem
EARLY LIFE
Rabbi Obadiah ben Abraham of Bertinoro, popularly known as "Bartenura", was born in 1455. He was a student of the famous Rabbi Yosef...
MISHPATIM: Where you sit, matters
אם כסף תלוה את עמי את העני עמך לא תהיה לו כנושה לא תשימון עליו נשך
"When you lend money to (someone from) My people,...
The Helbena Of The Qetoret & The Notes Of Chanel No 19
קַח־לְךָ֣ סַמִּ֗ים נָטָ֤ף ׀ וּשְׁחֵ֙לֶת֙ וְחֶלְבְּנָ֔ה סַמִּ֖ים וּלְבֹנָ֣ה זַכָּ֑ה בַּ֥ד בְּבַ֖ד יִהְיֶֽה
God said to Moshe: Take aromatic spices, drops , aromatic nail and galbanum, spices and pure resin; in an equivalent measure (Ex. 30:34)
IDENTIFYING THE...
Summary of Parashat Shemot
This week we start a new book: Shemot, "Names" or Exodus.
THE BIRTH OF MOSHE
The Tora begins by mentioning the names of Jacob's...
ANTISEMITISM: Jews, a Separated and Powerful People
Yesterday we began to analyze the origins of anti-Semitism in this week's Parasha (see this). We mentioned that the people of Israel were prolific...
THE LAWS OF THE FAST OF ASARA BETEBET
Who Needs To Fast and Who Does Not?
√ Minors: boys under 13 years old and girls under 12 years old are completely exempt from...
