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“Ah Vort is Ah Vort”
Anyone who ever invited Reb Shlomo (ZTz”L) to a gathering, concert, retreat or any other event knows that Reb Shlomo was almost always late. Shlomo lived in a different time zone than the rest of the world and in his … Continue reading
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Tagged Badeking, burial place of the patriarchs and matriarchs, Cave of Machpelah, Chanukah, chapel, Chatan, Chevron, Chupah, concert, Gashmi’ut, groom, guards, Israel, Jerusalem, Kathy, Khan theatre, King David’s tomb, material, Mincha, Mt. Zion, Reb Shlomo Carlebach, Ruchani’ut, Selichot, Shomrim, Shvitz, Spiritual, Tena’im ceremony, Turkish baths, Yeshivat HaTefutzot
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120329 – Eliyahu HaNavi
Pesach is almost upon us. My family always tell a story towards the end of the Passover Seder, when we open the door for Eliyahu HaNavi – Elijah the prophet. This story’s focus is about a personal and miraculous encounter … Continue reading
Jews Are From Jew-piter, Revisited
This past Yom Kippur I was in a very bad way, in excruciating pain and having great difficulty coping with my situation. All my life I was very resilient to strife. I was a survivor and believed that I could … Continue reading
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Tagged blessing of the new moon, Bobov, Bobover Chassid, Chanukah, Chassidim, Detroit, gangrene, God, Halachic, Hallel, hospital, Jew-piter, Jews, Kavanah, medication, osteomyelitis, prosthesis, psalms, Rabbi, Rabbi Yehoshu’a Fuhrer, Rav, Reb, Sabbath, Shabbos Chanukah, Shlomo Carlebach, Shul, Simchat Torah, Sukkot, surgery, synagogue, Toronto, Windsor, Yom Kippur, Yosil Rosenzweig
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Chana And Her 7 Sons – Not A Chanukah Story
There is a story attributed to Chanukah that has mistakenly been circulated among our people for literally millennia about “Chana and her 7 sons.” The source of the error is found in the Book of the Maccabees II (which is … Continue reading
God Works Mida K’Neged Mida – Measure For Measure, A Chanukah Story
I was seventeen years old so it must have been the winter of 1963 and plans for the upcoming Chanukah break were non-existent. In those pre-historic days, families really didn’t vacation during school breaks the way they do now, we … Continue reading
Posted in Festival, Personal
Tagged A Chanukah Story, auto-glass, Berachot, blessings, blizzard, Brooklyn, candles, car, Chanukah, dashboard, Detroit, eight candles, God, HaNerot Hallalu, HaShem, Howard Johnson, I-75, Lincoln tunnel, Ma’oz Tzur, Manhattan, Measure For Measure, Michigan, Mida K’Neged Mida, New Jersey turnpike, New York, Ohio turnpike, Ontario, Pennsylvania turnpike, Philadelphia, Rabbi Avraham Abba Friedman, Reb Yosil, Rosenzweig, Shlepper, Toledo, Williamsburg bridge, windshield, Windsor, Yeshivah Beth Yehuda
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T’was the Night Before Chanukah
T’was the night before Chanukah, boychiks and maidels, Not a sound could be heard, not even the dreidels. The menorah was set on the chimney, just right, In the kitchen my Bubbe hut gechapt a bite. Salami, pastrami, a glessala tay and zowerah … Continue reading
Yom Yerushalayim – 5771
My first wife Kathy A”H worked as the English secretary (1969-72) for Teddy Kollek, the mayor of Jerusalem and he gave her this photo. It was a picture of the first wall that was taken down after the Six Day War … Continue reading
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Tagged Arab nations, Bagdad, Cairo, Chanukah, Egypt, God, Golan Heights, HaShem, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Municipality, Kotel, Mediterranean Sea, Nasser, Old City, pre-1967, Rabbi Shlomo Goren, Rechov HaTzanchanim, Rechov Yaffo, Red Sea, remember Walter Cronkite, Sharm-El-Sheikh, Shofar, Six Day War, State of Israel, Suez Canal, Teddy Kollek, Tisha B’Av, UN, Wailing Wall, West Bank, Western Wall, Yom Kippur, Yom Yerushalayim
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I CAN’T BELIEVE
I can believe that the world is against us. If you are a student of Torah, then all you have to do is read the book of Deuteronomy and it is clear that, under certain conditions, Israel will suffer at the hands … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Spititual
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