If a Torah scroll could speak, what would it say?
From the blog of Ruth Ebenstein at The Times of Israel
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From the blog of Ruth Ebenstein at The Times of Israel
Parashat Vaetchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11) I have a tendency to think of all the worst case scenarios that might come up in any given situation. Going
“Guys in yeshivah started asking me for haircuts, and I gained a reputation for being good with a scissors and a trimmer”
We have two yearly communal periods of mourning—the Three Weeks and the Omer. Both were caused by dysfunctional interpersonal relationships. The Three Weeks commemorate the churban (destruction) of the Beit HaMikdash and our exile from Eretz Yisrael. Chazal1 attribute the churban to the sin of sinat chinam (baseless hatred).2 Though the Jews of the Second […]
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana The three weeks between 17 Tammuz and 9 Av are always an odd time in the Jewish community. Some Jews are expressively sad, and some are lost and uncertain how to relate to a destruction that took place so long ago. In Chabad, as encouraged by the Rebbe, zt’l, […]