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Rav Yisroel Abuchatzeira, Baba Sali Zt”L
Issue (# 14) A Tzaddik, or righteous person makes everyone else appear righteous before Hashem by advocating for them and finding their merits. (Kedushas Levi, Parshas Noach; Sefer Bereishis 7:1) Parshas Bo Kedushas Ha'Levi'im THE TEFILLIN OF THE MASTER OF THE WORLD You shall say it is a pesach offering to Hashem, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel... (Shemos 12:27) The holy Berditchever asks the following question in Kedushas Levi: Why is it that we call the yom tov that the Torah designated as “Chag HaMatzos,” the Festival of Unleavened Bread, by the name Pesach? Where does the Torah indicate that we might call this yom tov by the name Pesach? Any time the Torah mentions this yom tov, it is called “Chag HaMatzos.” He answered by explaining that it is written elsewhere, “Ani l’dodi v’dodi li — I am my Beloved’s and my Beloved is mine” (Shir HaShirim 6:3). This teaches that we relate the praises of HaKadosh Baruch Hu, and He in turn praises us. So, too, we don tefillin, which contain the praises of HaKadosh Baruch Hu, and HaKadosh Baruch Hu dons His “tefillin,” in which the praise of Klal Yisrael is written. This will help us understand what is written in the Tanna D’Vei Eliyahu [regarding the praises of Klal Yisrael]. The Midrash there says, “It is a mitzvah to speak the praises of Yisrael, and Hashem Yisbarach gets great nachas and pleasure from this praise.” It seems to me, says the Kedushas Levi, that for this reason it says that it is forbidden to break one’s concentration on one’s tefillin while wearing them, that it is a mitzvah for a man to continuously be occupied with the mitzvah of tefillin. -
Moses Mendelssohn and the Jewish Historical Clock Disruptive Forces in Judaism of the 18Th Century by Chronologies of Rabbi Families
Moses Mendelssohn and The Jewish Historical Clock Disruptive Forces in Judaism of the 18th Century by Chronologies of Rabbi Families To be given at the Conference of Jewish Genealogy in London 2001 By Michael Honey I have drawn nine diagrams by the method I call The Jewish Historical Clock. The genealogy of the Mendelssohn family is the tenth. I drew this specifically for this conference and talk. The diagram illustrates the intertwining of relationships of Rabbi families over the last 600 years. My own family genealogy is also illustrated. It is centred around the publishing of a Hebrew book 'Megale Amukot al Hatora' which was published in Lvov in 1795. The work of editing this book was done from a library in Brody of R. Efraim Zalman Margaliot. The book has ten testimonials and most of these Rabbis are shown with a green background for ease of identification. The Megale Amukot or Rabbi Nathan Nata Shpiro with his direct descendants in the 17th century are also highlighted with green backgrounds. The numbers shown in the yellow band are the estimated years when the individuals in that generation were born. For those who have not seen the diagrams of The Jewish Historical Clock before, let me briefly explain what they are. The Jewish Historical Clock is a system for drawing family trees ow e-drmanfly 1 I will describe to you the linkage of the Mendelssohn family branch to the network of orthodox rabbis. Moses Mendelssohn 1729-1786 was in his time the greatest Jewish philosopher. He was one of the first Jews to write in a modern language, German and thus opened the doors to Jewish emancipation so desired by the Jewish masses. -
צב | עב January Tevet | Sh’Vat Capricorn Saturn | Aquarius Saturn
צב | עב January Tevet | Sh’vat Capricorn Saturn | Aquarius Saturn Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 | 17th of Tevet* 2 | 18th of Tevet* New Year’s Day Parashat Vayechi Abraham Moshe Hillel Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov Rabbi Salman Mutzfi Rabbi Huna bar Mar Zutra & Rabbi Rabbi Yaakov Krantz Mesharshya bar Pakod Rabbi Moshe Kalfon Ha-Cohen of Jerba 3 | 19th of Tevet * 4* | 20th of Tevet 5 | 21st of Tevet * 6 | 22nd of Tevet* 7 | 23rd of Tevet* 8 | 24th of Tevet* 9 | 25th of Tevet* Parashat Shemot Rabbi Menchachem Mendel Yosef Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon Rabbi Leib Mochiach of Polnoi Rabbi Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi Rabbi Yaakov Abuchatzeira Rabbi Yisrael Dov of Vilednik Rabbi Schulem Moshkovitz Rabbi Naphtali Cohen Miriam Mizrachi Rabbi Shmuel Bornsztain Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler 10 | 26th of Tevet* 11 | 27th of Tevet* 12 | 28th of Tevet* 13* | 29th of Tevet 14* | 1st of Sh’vat 15* | 2nd of Sh’vat 16 | 3rd of Sh’vat* Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat Parashat Vaera Rabbeinu Avraham bar Dovid mi Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch HaRav Yitzhak Kaduri Rabbi Meshulam Zusha of Anipoli Posquires Rabbi Yehoshua Yehuda Leib Diskin Rabbi Menahem Mendel ben Rabbi Shlomo Leib Brevda Rabbi Eliyahu Moshe Panigel Abraham Krochmal Rabbi Aryeh Leib Malin 17* | 4th of Sh’vat 18 | 5th of Sh’vat* 19 | 6th of Sh’vat* 20 | 7th of Sh’vat* 21 | 8th of Sh’vat* 22 | 9th of Sh’vat* 23* | 10th of Sh’vat* Parashat Bo Rabbi Yisrael Abuchatzeirah Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum Rabbi Nathan David Rabinowitz -
Reading Between the Lines: Mining Jewish History Through Extraction of Polish Archive Data
READING BETWEEN THE LINES: MINING JEWISH HISTORY THROUGH EXTRACTION OF POLISH ARCHIVE DATA Judy Golan Kfar Vradim, Israel Keywords: • Polish Jewish genealogical research marriages 19th century • Opatów • Działoszyce • Polish archive record extraction • Council of Four Lands • Jewish merchant trade routes • Hasidic influence • Landau Rabbinical Clan Abstract What began as a study to explain the perceived proliferation of “other” towns outside the town of Opatów during the review of 19th century Jewish marriage record extracts from that town’s archive, evolved into an exploration of how these “other” towns became a “spouse pool” for marriage-seeking Jews from Opatów. The process of town identification became a pivotal exercise in the analytical process. Evaluating locations outside the archival town meant going beyond mere town name extraction; it meant pinpointing the precise location on a map. Accurate assessment of town location is a critical underpinning of genealogical research without which inroads are stymied. This paper highlights issues and prescribes methodology logic for resolving them. By benchmarking statistics from record extracts during the same time frame from two Polish archive towns, relevance is determined. Techniques used in business analyses are applied to genealogical research, enabling illumination of similarities and anomalies. Applying such methodology is a way of “reading between the lines” of archive extracts, and allows for isolating salient aspects of any archive data. After validating the evidence of “other town” statistics in town archive marriage records, the marriage registrations are divided into four segments in terms of each couple’s towns of residency. Comparison in this way enables isolating disparities that are evident in the segment comprised by non-Town brides who married non-Town grooms. -
Thunder in the Soul to Be Known by God Abraham Joshua Heschel
Thunder in the Soul To Be Known by God Abraham Joshua Heschel Edited by Robert Erlewine PLOUGH PUBLISHING HOUSE Published by Plough Publishing House Walden, New York Robertsbridge, England Elsmore, Australia www.plough.com Copyright © 2021 by Plough Publishing House All rights reserved. PRINT ISBN 978-0-87486-351-2 EBOOK ISBN 978-0-87486-352-9 Cover art copyright © 2021 by Julie Lonneman. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux: Excerpts from God in Search of Man by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Copyright © 1955 by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Copyright renewed 1983 by Sylvia Heschel. Excerpts from The Insecurity of Freedom by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Copyright © 1966 by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Copyright renewed 1994 by Sylvia Heschel. Excerpts from Man Is Not Alone by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Copyright © 1951 by Abraham J. Heschel. Copyright renewed 1979 by Sylvia Heschel. Excerpts from The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Copyright © 1951 by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Copyright renewed 1979 by Sylvia Heschel. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux on behalf of the Heschel Estate: Excerpts from Man’s Quest for God by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Copyright © 1954 by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Copyright renewed 1982 by Susannah Heschel and Sylvia Heschel. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers: Excerpts from The Prophets by Abraham J. Heschel. Copyright © 1962 by Abraham J. Heschel. Contents Who Was Abraham Joshua Heschel? Robert Erlewine vii Reading Abraham Joshua Heschel Today Susannah Heschel xxii 1. Every Moment Touches Eternity 1 2. The Only Life Worth Living 12 3. In the Presence of Mystery 18 4. The Prophets Show Us God Cares 30 5. -
PARSHAT VAYIKRA When We Seemed to Forget Web of Sin
ב ס ״ ד Torah us. We are exposed to the big d Leah. You are a member of Identity Crisis wide world with all its the "kingdom of priests and Weekly Amnesia is a frightening seemingly tantalizing holy nation." You were freed illness. Imagine forgetting diversions. Even if we do from Egypt and stood at Sinai. March 14-20, 2021 who you are — suddenly you marry within the faith, we You have survived countless 1-7 Nissan, 5781 have no family, no history, become culturally attempts on your life and your Torah Reading: and no identity. It can happen assimilated. Slowly but faith. You emerged from the Vayikra: Leviticus 1:1 - 5:26 to an individual and it can surely, then, even a nefesh, a ashes of Auschwitz only to Haftarah: Isaiah 43:21 - 44:23 happen to a people. There Jewish soul, starts forgetting live again. And you ask "Who have been times in our history who she is and can fall into the am I?" This is a serious case of PARSHAT VAYIKRA when we seemed to forget web of sin. national amnesia. who we were and where we We have Jewish Remember the "wise man" So the holy Zohar reminds us came from. And all too often, Calendars. If you from Chelm and his problem? that we are not only "a person we seem uncertain about would like one, He worried that when he went who may sin." We are a soul, where we are going. please send us a to the public bathhouse where and shall a soul sin? A soul is letter and we will In the opening chapters everyone is unclothed he by definition part and parcel send you one, or of Leviticus, we read the wouldn't know who he was. -
Jewish Law in the Beit Midrash of Hasidism
Jewish Law in the Beit Midrash of Hasidism Levi Cooper* Hasidism – the movement, its leaders and adherents, its ethos and religious message – is often cast in shades of antinomianism or anomianism, suggesting that hasidic masters and their faithful disciples either flouted Jewish law or ignored it. According to this line, the hasidic attitude towards halakhah was not improvised, temporary, or provisional; rather, the disdainful attitude was ideological and systemic. In the following, I argue for a recalibration of this dominant narrative. My argument is rooted in the reality that – contrary to the widespread assumption – hasidic masters from the earliest days of the nascent movement were embedded in the world of halakhah and active in the legal realm. This aspect of Hasidism has yet to be fully explored. In order to banish the existing myth, I will first provide an account of the prevalent depiction: Where does it come from and how widespread is it? Unpacking this popular * This study has been awarded the 2020 prize for best legal history article by the Israeli History and Law Association. The study was conducted while I had the privilege of being an Academic Visitor at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. I am grateful for this opportunity, for the gracious assistance afforded me in the Bodleian Libraries during my visit, and to my host Professor Joshua Getzler. I had the opportunity to present portions of this research in various forums and am grateful for the feedback I received: Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University; Department of Jewish Thought, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; The Research Project on Galician & Bukowinian Jewry; Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University. -
Routes to Roots
ב"ה Routes to Roots History and Insights Trip to Ukraine Nyezhin, Haditsch, Fastiv, Zhitomer, Anipoli, Mezibuz, Berditchev, Kiev Dnieper, Kharkov, Irgen ו'-י"ד תמוז ה'תשע"ט July 9-17 2019 2 - Routes to Roots Map of Ukraine Table of Contents - 3 Map of Ukraine ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Forward ......................................................................................................................................................... 7 The Rebbe Rashab’s Journey to Ukraine in 1898 ...................................................................................... 7 Letter from Frierdiker Rebbe to the Rebbe .............................................................................................. 9 The Rebbe’s Response ............................................................................................................................ 24 The Mitteler’s Rebbe’s Dream ................................................................................................................ 25 Nizhyn ......................................................................................................................................................... 27 The Mitteler Rebbe ................................................................................................................................. 28 Selections from Hayom Yom – The Mitteler Rebbe ............................................................................... -
God in Search of Man: a Philosophy of Judaism Free
FREE GOD IN SEARCH OF MAN: A PHILOSOPHY OF JUDAISM PDF Abraham Joshua Heschel | 464 pages | 05 Mar 2009 | Souvenir Press Ltd | 9780285638365 | English | London, United Kingdom 28+ quotes from God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism by Abraham Joshua Heschel Sign in with Facebook Sign in options. Join Goodreads. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. God in Search of Man Quotes Showing of It would be more honest to blame religion for its own defeats. Religion declined not because it was refuted, but because it became irrelevant, God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism, oppressive, insipid. When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendor of the past; when faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion--its message becomes meaningless. Awe enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance, to sense the ultimate in the common and the simple; to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal. The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. What we lack is not a will to believe but a will to wonder. -
1 Universita' Degli Studi Di Napoli Federico Ii
UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE SCUOLA DI DOTTORATO IN SCIENZE PSICOLOGICHE PEDAGOGICHE E LINGUISTICHE DOTTORATO DI RICERCA IN LINGUA INGLESE PER SCOPI SPECIALI XXVI CICLO TESI DI DOTTORATO A LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF JEWISH CHILDREN’S STORIES IN ENGLISH ON THE WEB: FROM LANGUAGE TO IDENTITY CANDIDATO DOTT. ROBERTO IACONO RELATORE COORDINATORE DELDOTTORATO PROF.SSA VANDA POLESE PROF.SSA GABRIELLA DI MARTINO NAPOLI 2014 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 8 INTRODUCTION 9 CHAPTER 1 Today’s Youth and the Media 13 1.1 The Relationships between ESP and Narrative 13 1.2 The Youth and the Media 22 1.3 Learning Informally on the Web 26 CHAPTER 2 Language, Narrative and Identity 31 2.1 Children’s Narrative 31 2.2 Ideology in Children’s Narrative 32 2.3 Children’s Short Stories 35 2.4 Children’s Stories on the Web 38 2.5 Children’s Narrative and Socio-Cultural Identity 41 2.6 Children’s Narrative and Ethnicity 50 2.7 Ethnic Narrative: A definition 53 2.8 Children’s Ethnic Narrative 55 2 CHAPTER 3 Linguistic Features of Written- and Ethno-based Narrative 58 3.1 Ethnolect: A definition 58 3.2 Ethnolect: An Over-representing Term in Narrative 61 3.3. An Ethno-oriented ‘Distinctive Linguistic Repertoire’ in Narrative 64 3.4 Written- and Ethno-based Distinctive Linguistic Repertoire vs. Code-switching in Narrative 69 CHAPTER 4 Jewish Children’s Stories and Websites: Towards a Visual Representation of Jewish Identity on the Web 73 4.1 Jewish Children’s Stories 73 4.2 Contemporary Judaism and the Age of the -
מכירה 7 המכירה תתקיים ביום שלישי כ"ו בכסליו תש"פ 24.12.2019 , בשעה 20:00
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(Hadrat Melech) BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
lkn ,rsv (Hadrat Melech) BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES RABBANIM OF THE PERIOD OF THE RISHONIM AND ACHRONIM with INDEX OF NAMES OF RABBANIM INDEX OF ACRONYMS OF RABBANIM AND OTHER APPELLATIONS and INDEX OF NAMES OF SEFORIM Compiled by Shlomo Pereira (*) vrhrp vnka *** Work in Progress *** *** This version: May 26, 2003/Iyar 25, 5763 *** Important note on the status of this project: These Biographical Notes are very much work in progress and, therefore, they are clearly and in many ways very incomplete. This is particularly true of the period of the Achronim. I would like to apologize to the reader for any omissions of any Rabbanim or any seforim or any other details about any specific Rabbanim, which might be perceived in some way as disrespectful. Such omissions are exclusively due to the currently incomplete status of this project. In particular, G-d forbid any error or omission should be perceived as a judgement value on my part on who should and should not be included. The objective is to be as comprehensive as possible in the spirit of “/vbnn kyck ihruj ic v,t tku /rundk vftknv lhkg tk” (It is not your duty to complete the task but you are not free from trying, Avot 2:16). Please note that the Index of Rabbanim, the Index of Acronyms and other Appellations of Rabbanim, and the Index of Names of Seforim are supposed to match exactly the basic information in the Biographical Notes and will be updated simultaneously with the Notes. (*) Acknowledgements: This compilation has been shown to Rav Dovid Ostroff, Shlita.