“Is there no minyan [prayer quorum] … in the Catskills?!” Rabbi Leibel [Yehuda Leib) Groner z”l [1931-2020] was the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s personal secretary for forty years and a great help for many thousands of chasidim and others who wanted to connect to the Rebbe. I heard the following story from […]
michal avrahamov
“He…tiptoed alone up to the window and peeked in.” Selichot are poetic penitential prayers recited during the week before Rosh Hashanah. This year we will say them the most times possible. According to Ashkenazi custom we begin this Saturday night [September 17] after midnight and continue before the morning prayers, […]
Through the Window
Elul (Aug.28) — First day of the month of Elul, second day of Rosh Chodesh. Starting this day, the shofar will be blown after Morning Prayers every weekday this month, except the last day. Ascent’s 39th Birthday! Elul (Aug.29) First saying of Selichot each weekday morning until Erev Yom Kippur, […]