“From then on, nobody sits on that chair…” One day in 5717 (1957), Rabbi Michil Vishetsky entered a shul in the Bronx (he was making the rounds of the synagogues to raise money for Ezrat Achim, an American organization which sent food packages to Jews in Russia). The only person […]
Daily Archives: January 12, 2022
The root of the Hebrew word shevet can mean either a branch of a tree or a tribe (a large family). The same root as the name of this new month of Shvat. This is why the lunar calendar month of Shvat (with periodic solar adjustments) heralds the end of […]