Shavuos 2011 - Chabad-Lubavitch of Wisconsin
... and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own treasure from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine: and you shall be a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.” Moses returned from Mount Sinai and presented the words of ...
... and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own treasure from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine: and you shall be a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.” Moses returned from Mount Sinai and presented the words of ...
European Union for Progressive Judaism
... 5777 brings challenges as well as opportunities, and one of those is that Rabbi Wyler is leaving us. We have been able to benefit from her Rabbi Bea Wyler wisdom, warmth, deep knowledge, wit, heart, and integrity for many years, but now she is retiring from active duty. Bea’s last official service l ...
... 5777 brings challenges as well as opportunities, and one of those is that Rabbi Wyler is leaving us. We have been able to benefit from her Rabbi Bea Wyler wisdom, warmth, deep knowledge, wit, heart, and integrity for many years, but now she is retiring from active duty. Bea’s last official service l ...
Chabad-Lubavitch: The Impact of Menachem Mendel
... giving up, while others began to work harder to complete his campaign. When he was incapacitated by a stroke eleven months later, the message took on a new meaning. One Hasid told an author that “the Rebbe knew this [his stroke] is going to happen. And a very strong proof could be the sentence itsel ...
... giving up, while others began to work harder to complete his campaign. When he was incapacitated by a stroke eleven months later, the message took on a new meaning. One Hasid told an author that “the Rebbe knew this [his stroke] is going to happen. And a very strong proof could be the sentence itsel ...
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
... Chassidic community in America,15 and that in order not to be overshadowed by Conservative Judaism, Orthodoxy needed to integrate considerably with secular society. “If everything is treif—college is treif, education is treif, the whole world is treif, nothing is kosher—so the American Jew cannot li ...
... Chassidic community in America,15 and that in order not to be overshadowed by Conservative Judaism, Orthodoxy needed to integrate considerably with secular society. “If everything is treif—college is treif, education is treif, the whole world is treif, nothing is kosher—so the American Jew cannot li ...
Chapter 2 Chassidim: History, Customs, beliefs, and Organization
... World Wars. What remained of them in Europe was destroyed under the Communists. Their shattered survivors came to Canada and the U.S. in order to reestablish replicas of these courts, though no longer rural or materially self-sufficient. Today, these courts are less unified geographically or economi ...
... World Wars. What remained of them in Europe was destroyed under the Communists. Their shattered survivors came to Canada and the U.S. in order to reestablish replicas of these courts, though no longer rural or materially self-sufficient. Today, these courts are less unified geographically or economi ...
IBJ Readings
... Raymond Scheindlin, A Short History of the Jewish People Linda Motzkin, Aleph Isn’t Tough: An Introduction to Hebrew for Adults for Hebrew reading class only Recommended: Irving “Yitz” Greenberg, The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays Edward Feinstein, Tough Questions Jews Ask Abraham Joshua Heschel, T ...
... Raymond Scheindlin, A Short History of the Jewish People Linda Motzkin, Aleph Isn’t Tough: An Introduction to Hebrew for Adults for Hebrew reading class only Recommended: Irving “Yitz” Greenberg, The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays Edward Feinstein, Tough Questions Jews Ask Abraham Joshua Heschel, T ...
Beliefs, Values and Practices: Judaism
... One difference between Judaism and Christianity that the Rabbi points out is how the description of the human condition is totally different with the traditional Christian viewpoint, namely that of the doctrine of original sin. Christianity has always interpreted the 'Fall of Adam' as meaning that a ...
... One difference between Judaism and Christianity that the Rabbi points out is how the description of the human condition is totally different with the traditional Christian viewpoint, namely that of the doctrine of original sin. Christianity has always interpreted the 'Fall of Adam' as meaning that a ...
Bobover Jews in the New York Metro Area
... “If I were a rich man [....] I’d discuss the holy books with the learned men, several hours every day. That would be the sweetest thing of all!” sang the character Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. Tevye’s song aptly illustrates a problem with Orthodox Judaism’s emphasis on study of the Torah (Jewish Sc ...
... “If I were a rich man [....] I’d discuss the holy books with the learned men, several hours every day. That would be the sweetest thing of all!” sang the character Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. Tevye’s song aptly illustrates a problem with Orthodox Judaism’s emphasis on study of the Torah (Jewish Sc ...
Optimism and the Song of Songs
... yadayim (ritually defiles hands). This would prevent people from keeping their teruma in the scrolls, as defiled teruma must be destroyed. There was then a question regarding whether or not some of the Ketuvim, such as Kohelet and Shir Ha-shirim, were included in this edict. Thus, in this context, c ...
... yadayim (ritually defiles hands). This would prevent people from keeping their teruma in the scrolls, as defiled teruma must be destroyed. There was then a question regarding whether or not some of the Ketuvim, such as Kohelet and Shir Ha-shirim, were included in this edict. Thus, in this context, c ...
part ii - Parsha Pages
... Levush Sgrad (Robes of Office) – Rabbid Dovid Shlomo Eibeschutz ( -1806) Yad Ephraim – Rabbi Ephraim Zalman (1762-1828) One of the greatest Talmudic scholars of his time. In his youth he served briefly in the rabbinate but then settled in Brody and went into business. Though highly successful financ ...
... Levush Sgrad (Robes of Office) – Rabbid Dovid Shlomo Eibeschutz ( -1806) Yad Ephraim – Rabbi Ephraim Zalman (1762-1828) One of the greatest Talmudic scholars of his time. In his youth he served briefly in the rabbinate but then settled in Brody and went into business. Though highly successful financ ...
Parashat Naso: Rabbi Yanoff goes to the White House!
... Now, I‟ve often warned you when I speak from this pulpit of things that have politics as an angle: You are going try to discern my politics, what I think of President Obama, how I have voted or am going to vote. I know that; it‟s the occupational hazard of talking about important, relevant issues. ...
... Now, I‟ve often warned you when I speak from this pulpit of things that have politics as an angle: You are going try to discern my politics, what I think of President Obama, how I have voted or am going to vote. I know that; it‟s the occupational hazard of talking about important, relevant issues. ...
The Chabad-Lubavitch Movement
... There were once several hundred thriving Hasidic dynasties, but most of Europe’s Hasidic Jews were killed during the Second World War. The few surviving Hasidim gathered in the United States (particularly New York), and later in Israel. ...
... There were once several hundred thriving Hasidic dynasties, but most of Europe’s Hasidic Jews were killed during the Second World War. The few surviving Hasidim gathered in the United States (particularly New York), and later in Israel. ...
I`m going to tell you a true story of two Rabbis – you decide who
... The synagogues began developing after the Babylonian captivity, and we see even then another religion begins to evolve, based on human tradition and the emergence of the modern non Biblical rabbinic oral laws. That was Rabbi Johanan ben Zakkai of the school of Hillel student of Rabbi Gamaliel. But, ...
... The synagogues began developing after the Babylonian captivity, and we see even then another religion begins to evolve, based on human tradition and the emergence of the modern non Biblical rabbinic oral laws. That was Rabbi Johanan ben Zakkai of the school of Hillel student of Rabbi Gamaliel. But, ...
(grandson of Rav Breuer) regarding Rabbi Joseph Elias
... Dear Rabbi Wolpin, Rabbi Joseph Elias in “Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch and Evolution---The View from His Commentary” (Jewish Observer, September 2006) contends that Rabbi Hirsch’s essay “The Educational Value of Judaism” (1873), in which evolution is discussed, “was written in a gingerly manner that ...
... Dear Rabbi Wolpin, Rabbi Joseph Elias in “Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch and Evolution---The View from His Commentary” (Jewish Observer, September 2006) contends that Rabbi Hirsch’s essay “The Educational Value of Judaism” (1873), in which evolution is discussed, “was written in a gingerly manner that ...
Read as Doc file
... One Rabbi prohibits while another permits. One deems fit for consumption while another deems unfit. Rabbis sometimes disagree concerning what they both heard from their own mentor; one says that the Rabbi permitted, while the other says that he prohibited. It would be no exaggeration to say that the ...
... One Rabbi prohibits while another permits. One deems fit for consumption while another deems unfit. Rabbis sometimes disagree concerning what they both heard from their own mentor; one says that the Rabbi permitted, while the other says that he prohibited. It would be no exaggeration to say that the ...
Messianism and Hassidism
... – Sincere love of G-d, warm faith, believe in the efficacy of prayer – prayers that come from the heart – Pantheism – omnipresence of G-d – „No man is so sinful that he can not be purified by love and understanding.“ – His saying reported by his disciples ...
... – Sincere love of G-d, warm faith, believe in the efficacy of prayer – prayers that come from the heart – Pantheism – omnipresence of G-d – „No man is so sinful that he can not be purified by love and understanding.“ – His saying reported by his disciples ...
GafniSupportLtr
... In this letter we the undersigned ask the Jewish community worldwide to reaffirm its commitment to the Torah, and to the ethical principles of Judaism. Although the specific focus of our discussion is Rabbi Mordechai Gafni, whom have known collectively for many years, the issues we address are unive ...
... In this letter we the undersigned ask the Jewish community worldwide to reaffirm its commitment to the Torah, and to the ethical principles of Judaism. Although the specific focus of our discussion is Rabbi Mordechai Gafni, whom have known collectively for many years, the issues we address are unive ...
The Chabad-Lubavitch Movement
... A rebellion against Rome that began in ad 66 soon focused on the Temple and effectively ended with the Temple’s destruction on the 9th/10th of Av, ad 70. All that remained of the Second Temple was a portion of the Western Wall (also called the Wailing Wall), which continues to be the focus of Jewish ...
... A rebellion against Rome that began in ad 66 soon focused on the Temple and effectively ended with the Temple’s destruction on the 9th/10th of Av, ad 70. All that remained of the Second Temple was a portion of the Western Wall (also called the Wailing Wall), which continues to be the focus of Jewish ...
Shneur Zalman of Liadi
Shneur Zalman of Liady (Hebrew: שניאור זלמן מליאדי) (September 4, 1745 – December 15, 1812 O.S. / 18 Elul 5505 – 24 Tevet 5573), was an Orthodox Rabbi, and the founder and first Rebbe of Chabad, a branch of Hasidic Judaism, then based in Liadi, Imperial Russia. He was the author of many works, and is best known for Shulchan Aruch HaRav, Tanya and his Siddur Torah Or compiled according to the Nusach Ari.He is also known as the ""Baal HaTanya"" (Master of the Tanya), and by a variety of other names including ""Shneur Zalman Baruchovitch,"" Baruchovitch being the Russian patronymic from his father Baruch, by the acronym ""RaShaZ"" (רש""ז), by the title ""Baal HaTanya ve-haShulchan Aruch'"" (Master of the Tanya and the Shulchan Aruch), as the ""Alter Rebbe"" (""Old Rebbe"" in Yiddish), ""Admor HaZaken"" (""Old Rebbe"" in Hebrew), ""Rabbeinu HaZokein"", ""Rabbeinu HaGodol"", ""our great rabbi"", the ""GRaZ"", and ""Rav"".