The three Mivtzoim that are connected with Jewish women — the lighting of Shabbos candles, Taharas Hamishpachah, and Kashrus, have a connection to tonight’s gathering. The name Chana [Trans. Note: The Rebbe’s mother’s name was Chana] is an acronym for three Hebrew words: Challah, Nidah, and Hadlakas Hanar (lighting of the Shabbos candles). The mitzvah […]
“After being barred from Englewood, N.J., it looks like the Libyan dictator is putting down stakes in Westchester County — on property owned by none other than Donald Trump.The State Department said Tuesday a tent has been built on a Bedford estate — that Qaddafi may use for entertaining. Chopper 2 HD was over the […]
“Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest against the Israeli government outside of the UN Headquarters in New York September 22, 2009. ” DayLife.com
Prosecutors noted the process of identifying and verifying victim losses has been difficult. Mr. Picard has received about 15,870 claims in total, prosecutors said. There were about 4,902 active customer accounts as of Dec. 11, the date of Mr. Madoff’s arrest. Of those active customers, about half didn’t suffer a net loss — they withdrew […]
“Why is Rosh Hashanah, the Day of Judgment, before Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement? Shouldn’t it be reversed – first atone and then be judged?” Then he answered his own question: This is a sign of G-d’s greatness and kindness to us. First, He makes a day when we judge and assess our shortcomings. […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reminisced how, at the start of his tenure as Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations in 1984, he met the Lubavitcher rebbe who told him that “you are going to the house of darkness but you must remember that even in the greatest darkness, if you light a small candle, it […]
“Ashrei Ha’Am Yodei Teruah”, the medrash explains that Bnei Yisroel is fortunate that they know how to appease Hashem with the Shofar and earn favorable judgment. Reb Yisroel Yaakov Fisher in the Even Yisroel (Rosh Hashana Drush 5) asks, if this is true than how is it that two people standing next to each other […]
The Vishnitz Hasidim are preparing for an influx of the sect’s followers from Israel and abroad ahead of the High Holy Days by building a 3,000-square-meter tent in a vacant lot in Bnei Brak. This year, the Vishnitz Hasidim will temporarily leave their center in Bnei Brak’s Kiryat Vishnitz neighborhood and move to the tent […]
The Massachusetts secretary of state has reached an agreement with one of Bernard Madoff’s feeder funds that calls for full restitution for the state’s victims, plus interest. Secretary of State William Galvin said the deal was struck Tuesday, less than 24 hours before Fairfield Greenwich was supposed to appear at a state hearing. He said […]
“A Palestinian worker prays at the site of a new housing project at the Jewish settlement of Har Homa in east Jerusalem on September 7, 2009.” DayLife.com
“Yet the Orthodox enclaves are the only Jewish neighborhoods where Republican candidates get any votes to speak of. Even more telling is that on every single cultural issue, the Orthodox oppose the politically correct liberal positions taken by most other American Jews precisely because these positions conflict with Jewish law. To cite just a few […]
