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The honor Reb Volf Greenglass fled from followed him to the end

By Yochanan Gordon One of the interesting features of the event of Mattan Torah, which we read about in last week’s parashah, was the description of the nation seeing the sounds and hearing the sights. I have heard an attempt to suggest that they had experienced some form of synesthesia where a person’s senses become […]

Reb Chaim Elazar Spira, the Munkatcher Rebbe, (1868-1937), was a tzaddik and gaon of unusual piety known after his multi-volume Minchas Elazar. One of his expressions of uncompromising zealotry was his fierce, outspoken opposition to political Zionism and the Agudath Yisrael. Rav Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg, zt’l, (1884-1966), was one of the great roshei yeshivah and […]

By Yochanan Gordon I hope I don’t sound too preachy in my articles. The word “preachy” often has a negative connotation. The truth is I hope the ideas I share in my weekly column do not come off sounding preachy. Most of the time I am thinking out loud and sharing these thoughts with you […]

By Yochanan Gordon On the 10th day of Shevat in 1950, the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson passed away. It was a Shabbos morning and he had distributed a Maamar prior to that Shabbos to be studied in observance of the yahrzeit of his grandmother, Rebbetzin Rivkah, a volume that ended up being […]

When it occurred to me that the fifth day of Teves was this week I was happy to finally write about something other than the war in Israel. I looked through my recent documents and realized that each article covers a different aspect of the war, if not politically then spiritually. I was looking forward […]

In the times of the Alter Rebbe, Reb Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Baal haTanya, a newly married man was spending his days learning in Kollel when he became drawn to the path of Chassidus. His in-laws were Misnagedim, and opposed his newfound derech. This serious young man was quite bright, had great potential, and […]

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana It’s a big week for me and for Klal Yisrael. On the 15 of Kislev, I celebrated my 42nd birthday. We are taught that on a birthday, “mazlo gover,” our personal energetic powers come alive and are strengthened, and can bring blessings. It’s our own personal Rosh Hashanah. So, […]

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. […]

From the blog of Yoseph Janowski at The Times of Israel