“…be my servant for a month!” Reuven and Naftali [not their real names] were roommates at the prestigious Chabad yeshiva in Brunoy, a suburb 20 km (13 miles) southeast of Paris. Before the 10th of the Jewish month of Shvat 5752 (Jan. 1992), Reuven won a lottery for a ticket […]
michal avrahamov
“What is 312?” Shalom & Blessings, The beginning of the lunar calendar month in Hebrew is called Rosh Chodesh or “head” of the month. The great kabbalist of Tsfat, Rabbi Yitzchak Luria explains the reason the Torah uses this expression. ‘Head” of the month is because, like the head controls […]
Rabbi Leiter’s Monthly Message – Tamuz
“Khomeini … flew into a rage … overcome with fear and sure of his death…” This amazing story took place many years ago in Iran. It was related by a witness, Rabbi Yehuda Ezrachian, one of the leading rabbis in Iran at the time. The year was 1979, when the […]