by Rabbi | Oct 18, 2020 | Rabbi's Blog
The last three gifts When God sent Adam and Chava from the garden, God gave them three gifts. The first one, as you probably know, was clothes. The Torah text says: And the LORD God made garments of skins for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. (3:21) It took them a...
by Rabbi | Oct 13, 2020 | Rabbi's Blog
The Etrog by S. Y. Agnon, adapted [By clicking on the links you will see the original story by Agnon and other interesting things] If you want to know how precious the mitzvah of Etrog is to the Jewish people you just need to go to Meah Shearim before Sukkot. That...
by Rabbi | Oct 5, 2020 | Rabbi's Blog
This is a story about a Rebbe who became famous, but he didn’t really want the fame. He was fine being a complete unknown disciple of the Baal Shem Tov. His name was Reb Pinchas of Koretz. All that Reb Pinchas ever wanted to do was to study, pray and meditate – alone....
by Rabbi | Oct 2, 2020 | Rabbi's Blog
This is a poem of all the laws of Sukkot, Dr. Seuss style! If you have any doubts, check the footnotes. Click here to download a pdf: rules-of-the-sukkah-printable 1. Maimonides (RaMBaM) Mishne Torah, Hilchot Sukkah, Chapter 4, Section 1. The minimum height of a...
by Rabbi | Sep 29, 2020 | Rabbi's Blog
Main idea: teshuvah is a dual process, looking inward and outward; getting rid of the things we detest Franz Kafka has a two-sentence short story. It goes like this: “One day, a leopard stalked into the synagogue, roaring and lashing its tail. Three weeks later, it...
