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“Less known is the fact that Mr. Perelman has built a private synagogue, a modest, one-room brick structure, in a garden space between the two buildings. Mr. Perelman, who keeps a Kosher home, likes to be equipped and ready for prayer at all times. “He takes nine Jewish men with him wherever he goes, the […]
“Brooklyn’s own Matisyahu — the ultra-Orthodox Jew with the unorthodox calling — wowed the Vancouver Olympics Monday night with his own unique brand of Hasidic reggae.The 30-year-old from Crown Heights marries Jamaican reggae, hip hop and rap to the religious ecstasy of the Hasidim to great effect: He currently has three of the top ten […]
via Shearim “In late October, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace laureate Elie Wiesel spoke at a Christians United for Israel (CUFI) event hosted by the controversial Christian Zionist John Hagee at his Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas. Internationally broadcast on GodTV, Hagee presented $9 million in donations to 29 Israeli and U.S. Jewish organizations.[1] […]
In contrast to its name, Masechet Sanhedrin is not solely focused on laws relating to the Jewish court system, rather it is the Tractate of the Jewish State. Masechet Sanhedrin deals with a broad range of issues that arise in connection with the workings of a Jewish State. All of the basic governmental institutions required […]
“His toilet is in the actual cell so in order not to Daven with a toilet in the room he has taken his sheets and made a Mechitzah around the toilet. At one point when his ‘cell mate’ complained of contraband they did a search on the cell and took down his mechitzah.” more@COLlive.com
One of the Baal Shem Tov’s teachings:
“When you see chamor, a donkey”1 - when you carefully examine your chomer (”materiality”), your body, you will see…
…”your enemy” - meaning, that your chomer hates your Divine soul that longs for G-dliness and the spiritual, and furthermore, you will see that it is…
“Initiative to bring religious, haredi public to Antalya for Passover holiday poses solution for recent decline in Israeli tourism to Turkey. All-inclusive kosher packages include specially imported food, separate pool, sauna time slots for women and men.” more@YnetNews.com
“After years of beating around the bush, Rabbi Avi Weiss came right out this past week and said what everyone assumed he’s been thinking all along: Sara Hurwitz, the woman he has mentored and trained to function as an Orthodox cleric is, in his view, an Orthodox rabbi.Rabbi Weiss of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, […]
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“Alexander Chassidim represented the second largest Chassidishe group in pre-WWII Poland; exceeded in number only by Gerer Chassidim. As his following grew, Rabbi Yechiel Danziger, in 1878, established his Chassidishe court in Aleksandrow/Lodzki, called Alexander by the Chassidim. It is a township near Lodz in Poland. It was established on March 22, 1822 and named […]
