Welcome back to Ascent’s newsletter for the month of Av (also known as Menachem Av – the Month of Consolation). A highlight in Av is the 15th of the month – known as Tu B’Av. This date, when the moon is full, is a massive boost after the descent into […]
Rabbi Leiter Personal Story
Ascent was started in 1984 by three couples – myself and my wife Chaya Bracha, Yerachmiel and Shulamit Tilles, and Moshe and Yehudis Wisnefsky. Moshe and Yehudis left after the first year to start a new life and shlichut (outreach work) in Jerusalem. Yerachmiel and I continued, but our real […]
Memories of Ascent’s Early Days: Personal Story from Rabbi Shaul ...
Not everyone knows that astrology’s roots are found in Jewish tradition, going back more than 3300 years. Since astrology is based on a lunar calendar and the dates of the solar month do not coincide, the standard astrological calendars are adapted and therefore begin from the 20th of the solar […]