From Rabbi “Big MO” Siev’s travel diary… When friends meet after a long absence, it is an occasion for joy. So much so, that our Sages suggest saying the bracha (blessing) Shehechiyanu – “Blessed are You, G-d, our L-rd, King of the universe, Who has kept us alive, sustained us […]
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30 years ago a situation arose because of a person’s ill feeling, even justified, that jeopardized Ascent and a solution could not be found. I was pacing back and forth nervously. Rabbi Schneur Zalman Gafni, one of Ascent’s teachers, sensed a problem and asked me about it. After describing the […]
“The Lubavitcher Rebbe just sent you a message!”: Personal Story ...
“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 […]