From Days Gone By: Siyum in Egypt
One of the first Siyum HaRambams is celebrated in Cairo, Egypt at the Maimonides Synagogue. Can you identify those in the photo and the year it was taken?
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Jews in Sports: A Fair Fine
First it was the Israeli Lacrosse women. Now it’s the Israeli Davis Cup men’s turn for the limelight.
by Yossi Goldstein
“Where Have I Gone Wrong?”
Have you ever met a person, whose life is a shambles, musing over how it all got that way? “Where have I gone wrong,” is a mantra familiar to every psychiatrist, psychologist, clergyman or plain good friend, who is kind enough to lend an ear.
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov - Jax., FL
How to Keep Kosher While Backpacking in South America
When we think of traveling on vacation to far distances in today’s day and age, the mere thought of an uncomfortable journey almost seems unfathomable. We are used to the highest level of service and, thanks to technology, the world at our fingertips.
by Leigh Hershcovich
Milan, Italy
Here’s My Story: A Present for Your Wife
As far I’m concerned the Jewish women’s liberation movement was started by the Rebbe.
by Mrs. Bassie Garelik
Mrs Amber Adler with son Samuel and husband Eli outside Casa Loma in Toronto, Ontario.
Book Lists 1,000 Questions to Ask Before Getting Married
Can dating and fun coincide? For many singles, those two words are polar opposites. Many singles get burnt out, jaded and perpetuate an annoyingly unproductive cycle of “failed” dates.
Judges and Officers: The Pitfalls of Self Deception
When Kaiser Wilhelm sought to invade Belgium, he was reminded of the signed treaty agreements, which his actions would blatantly violate. Dourly brushing the matter aside the Kaiser declared: “We shall take Belgium! As for the treaties? We can leave it to the philosophers to supply the necessary explanations.”
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov - Jax, FL
Is the Lab-Created Burger Kosher?
Scientists have recently demonstrated that they can now take stem cells from a cow and build them into hamburgers that look, feel and (almost) taste like the real thing. What does Jewish law have to say? Is this considered real meat? Is it kosher?
Remembering Reb Chatzkel Lewintow, OBM
Today, 29 Av, marks the first Yahrtzeit of Reb Yechezkel Halevi Lewintow, OBM.
What’s Wrong With Being Right? – The Truth About Moral Relativism
In proclaiming that “Man is the measure of all things,” Greek philosopher Protagoras, was quite patent in denouncing any objective standard of morality, and by no means was he alone. The notion that truth is perceived differently from divergent points of view and that no single point of view is the complete truth, has from time immemorial been the mantra of Divine rebellion.
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, FL
Jews in Sports: Chabadnam-Style
Since it was uprooted from Russia, Chabad has reinvented itself as a movement to move all others. Over the past 90+ years, since the first shliach was sent to another country to promote Judaism, there have been many ways and manners wherein shluchim have accomplished their task to bring Jews closer to Judaism every single day.
by Yossi Goldstein
A Tribute to My Namesake
Erev Rosh Chodesh Elul will mark the 44th anniversary of the passing of my great-grandfather, Hachassid HaTamim Reb Yochanan ben Reb Yisrael Gordon, zt’l. For the longest time, this date has come and passed rather unceremoniously on my end, without memorializing him. It struck me rather odd that this idea has weighed so strongly on my mind of late, compelling me to write when so many years have gone by without as much as a word or even a thought.
by Yochanan Gordon
Video: Rabbi Benny’s Weekly Torah Thought
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thoughts on this weeks Parasha, Eikev, titled ‘If I Were a Rich Man.’
Is England’s Future King Jewish?
Mazel Tov! After much anticipation, at 4:24 p.m. in London on July 22, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth. The Royal bundle is an 8lbs. 6oz. son, future King — and perhaps a real Jewish Prince.
My Mother’s Shabbos Candles
This coming Shabbos, Chof Menachem Av, marks the Shloshim of our mother, Bracha Finkelstein, OBM. In her honor we want to share with you that which she instilled within my sister and I, the power of Jewish women and their Shabbos candles. We ask you to join us in honoring her with the mitzvah uniquely given to the Jewish women.
by Sarah Goldberg
Left: Rabbi Leibel Bistritzky, OBM. Right: Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff.
YU Professor: Chasidim Defeated Misnagdim
Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Professor of Rabbinic Literature at Yeshiva University in Jerusalem, dedicated his (English) Shiur on May 19, 2013 to Reb Leibel Bistritzky, the founder of the Crown Heights Hatzalah, who had recently passed away.
Letter: When I Was Diagnosed with Cancer, RCCS Was There for Me
The following letter was printed in the ‘Letters to the Editor’ section of today’s Yated Ne’eman:
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