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Photo Credit: Jewish Press The Midrash (Vayikra Rabba 30) offers the following mashal to explain why one may not use a stolen lulav on Sukkos: A highway robber once stopped a high ranking official and robbed him of everything that he had. One day the robber was caught and was brought on trial before the […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Mrs. Alter ran a business coordinating home visits for elderly and disabled people, paid for by Medicare. She processed the billing and payments and kept a percentage. One of her clients was a counselor, Mrs. Stern. Before Sukkos, Mrs. Alter wished her a happy holiday. “You, too,” replied Mrs. Stern. “A […]

Photo Credit: Hadas Parush / Flash 90 Rav Kook’s kever After the Noam Party dropped out of last month’s race for Knesset two days before the election, it reportedly was approached by Yahadut HaTorah (United Torah Judaism). Declare your support for us, said party representatives, and we’ll make sure that the Har HaMor Yeshiva (which […]

Photo Credit: pixabay I had been thinking about it for a while. On Yom Kippur, it crossed my mind a number of times. However, it wasn’t until this morning that I finally made the move. This morning, someone mentioned to me that somebody was impersonating me and attempting to contact people on Facebook using my […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press The haggadah has always been popular among authors and publishers, with over 10,000 different haggadot estimated to have been published over the centuries. One haggadah I recently acquired was the first to be printed in Chicago. Published in 1879, it boasts of being the “first [haggadah] to contain illustrations influenced by […]

Photo Credit: IDF Pistols seized in joint Israeli security raid On Friday night as the result of a police investigation, IDF soldiers and Israeli police officers searched the northern sector of the country for illegal weapons. The raid turned up a large number of firearms, including 19 pistols, five Kalashnikov assault rifles, and a large […]

Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Israeli actress Gal Gadot Entertainment industry website Deadline reported exclusively this weekend that Israeli actress Gal Gadot is teaming with her producing partner and husband Jaron Versano to form a new production company called, “Pilot Wave.” The company’s first project will be “the fact-based historical thriller Irena Sendler,” with […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Many mitzvos are considered halachically fulfilled even if we do them thoughtlessly. Not so the mitzvah of sukkah, says the Bach. When sitting in a sukkah, we must know and think about why we’re sitting there. The Torah says, “L’maan yeidu doroseichem ki basukos hoshavti es Bnei Yisrael b’hotzeisi eschem mei’Eretz […]