The Soft Heart of my Father in Law, Rabbi David Carciente z’l
The Mishna in Pirqe Abot 2:9 says that Rabban Yohanan ben Zakai assigned five of his students with an unusual mission. Find out "what...
The Magic Word of the First Commandment
THE MOST IMPORTANT WORD
The First Commandment is not simply a preamble.It indicates a specific order to be fulfilled: recognizing God as your ELOQEJA (אלוקך).
In...
THE FIRST COMMANDMENT: What Does It Say?
אָנֹכִי ה ’אֱלֹקיךָ אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִיךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים
I, God, am your Sovereign, the One who rescued you from the land of Egypt, from...
The Game of the Ten Commandments.
ולקחתי אתכם לי לעם והייתי לכם לאלקים
Shemot 6: 7
In a couple of weeks, when we get to Parashat Yitró, we will read in the...
Donald J. Trump: A President of Biblical Stature
THE INEVITABLE END?
The Jewish people were going through one of its worst crises. Jerusalem had been destroyed decades ago, in 586 BCE. Jewish...
The difference between Auschwitz and Jerusalem
"More than 40 world leaders gathered in Jerusalem to honor the victims of Nazi extermination, on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the...
The tradition of Aleppo Jews
Rabbis and officials from the Great synagogue of Aleppo at the beginning of the 20th Century
The tradition of many Jewish families from Aleppo (=Halab),...
When a baby dies
If a baby dies at birth or before completing 30 days of life, the relatives do not do or keep any mourning for the...
SHEMOT: A story of Brotherhood and Envy
We finished the book of Bereshit. And this week we start the book of Shemot. The story is more or less known. Bereshit tells...
How to pray?
In the Talmudic tractate of Ta’anit page 23, the Gemara tells us about Abba Hilqiya, an extremely honest man, who worked hard to make...
