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There is a Gemara in Yoma 39b that states that Shimon HaTzaddik had foretold of his impending demise in conversation with his associates. “How do you know this?” they asked. He said, “Every Yom Kippur, I would be met by an elderly individual who was entirely clothed and wrapped in white. He would enter the […]
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana Last week I wrote about the bris that we hosted in Bozeman while Klal Yisroel was in Washington, D.C. rallying for Eretz Yisrael. Attending the bris were Rabbi Dovber and Rebbetzin Rochie Pinson, who direct the Iyyun Center in Brooklyn and have a shul in Montebello, outside of Monsey. […]
By Yochanan Gordon The holidays of Tishrei are one long continuum. They each run into each other and build progressively upon each other rather than being self-contained observances. The whole year consists of a path toward achieving true and lasting dveykus with Hashem. But despite the endless amount of content that exists in a myriad […]
The story is told of the time the students of the Arizal gathered in the mystical hills of Safed to welcome the Shabbos, when their teacher suggested that they make the trip to Jerusalem to receive Shabbos there. It wasn’t too difficult of a calculation for them to realize immediately that there was no natural […]