Photos: Zaki Farbrengs for his Birthday
Head of the Vaad Hakohol, Zaki Tamir, celebrated his birthday with a lively Farbrengen in the Aliya Shul on East New York Avenue.
Daily Archives: December 24, 2010
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Chesed Shel Emes Provide Kavod HaMes for NJ Doctor
BARRINGTON, NY — A small plane crash has killed an emergency room doctor from New Jersey who was flying to work at a hospital in upstate New York’s Finger Lakes region.
Minhagim Regarding Nittel Nacht
Just a reminder that tonight is “Nittel Nacht” and the custom is that we don’t learn as to not “add Chayus”.
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, Florida
The renowned Chassidic psychiatrist, Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twersky, is wont to dress in Chassidic garb – long black coat, full white beard and round black hat. Once, in an airport, he was approached by a Jew who was obviously irritated. Before he knew it, the fellow unleashed a battery of Yiddish words upon him: “Ach Vus’Ara Shandeh! Vus’Ara Bushah…!”
“What’s wrong with you? Must you insist on parading around in that medieval get-up, as if it were Purim? Don’t you realize how ridiculous you look? You bring nothing but scorn and embarrassment upon us Jews! If you could only dress like a Mentch – like a civilized being…”
“I fail to understand what thee art saying,” Dr. Twersky responded in a perfect english accent. “Is there something bothering you? Perhaps you're mistaking me for somebody else. You do realize that I am Amish, don’t you? This is the traditional mode of dress that we’ve preserved throughout the generations.”
“Oy vey! I beg your pardon,” pleaded the back-pedaling Jew. “I didn’t realize that you were Amish. You look so much like those Chassidic fellows. You should know that I have nothing but respect for you and your people — keeping to your ways without bowing to society’s wills and whims"
D I A S P O R A I S M – The Golus Mentality Syndrome
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, Florida
The renowned Chassidic psychiatrist, Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twersky, is wont to dress in Chassidic garb – long black coat, full white beard and round black hat. Once, in an airport, he was approached by a Jew who was obviously irritated. Before he knew it, the fellow unleashed a battery of Yiddish words upon him: “Ach Vus’Ara Shandeh! Vus’Ara Bushah…!”
“What’s wrong with you? Must you insist on parading around in that medieval get-up, as if it were Purim? Don’t you realize how ridiculous you look? You bring nothing but scorn and embarrassment upon us Jews! If you could only dress like a Mentch – like a civilized being…”
“I fail to understand what thee art saying,” Dr. Twersky responded in a perfect english accent. “Is there something bothering you? Perhaps you’re mistaking me for somebody else. You do realize that I am Amish, don’t you? This is the traditional mode of dress that we’ve preserved throughout the generations.”
“Oy vey! I beg your pardon,” pleaded the back-pedaling Jew. “I didn’t realize that you were Amish. You look so much like those Chassidic fellows. You should know that I have nothing but respect for you and your people — keeping to your ways without bowing to society’s wills and whims”
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe!
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a photo of the Rebbe leaving his room, in 1971, to welcome Zalman Shazar, president of Israel.
Bozeman Rabbi Starts Kosher Certification Agency
Rabbi Chaim Bruk and his wife, Chavie, stand outside their Bozeman home. An extension built onto the home houses Montana’s first modern-day mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath.
MONTANA [AP] — An orthodox rabbi from Bozeman is starting Montana’s first kosher certification agency as part of his drive to bolster Judaism in the Big Sky State, where fewer Jews live than almost anywhere else in the country.
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