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Super Family
Super Family (Chaim Freedman, Petah Tikvah, Israel, September 2008) Yehoash (Heibish/Gevush) Super, born c.1760, died before 1831 in Latvia. He married unknown. I. Shmuel Super, born 1781,1 died by 1855 in Lutzin (now Ludza), Latvia,2 occupation alcohol trader. Appears in a list from 1837 of tax litigants who were alcohol traders in Lutzin. (1) He married Brokha ?, born 1781 in Lutzin (now Ludza), Latvia,3 died before 1831 in Lutzin (now Ludza), Latvia.3 (2) He married Elka ?, born 1794.4 A. Payka Super, (daughter of Shmuel Super and Brokha ?) born 1796/1798 in Lutzin (now Ludza), Latvia,3 died 1859 in Lutzin (now Ludza), Latvia.5 She married Yaakov-Keifman (Kivka) Super, born 1798,6,3 (son of Sholom "Super" ?) died 1874 in Lutzin (now Ludza), Latvia.7 Yaakov-Keifman: Oral tradition related by his descendants claims that Koppel's surname was actually Weinstock and that he married into the Super family. The name change was claimed to have taken place to evade military service. But this story seems to be invalid as all census records for him and his sons use the name Super. 1. Moshe Super, born 1828 in Lutzin (now Ludza), Latvia.8 He married Sara Goda ?, born 1828.8 a. Bentsion Super, born 1851 in Lutzin (now Ludza), Latvia.9 He married Khana ?, born 1851.9 b. Payka Super, born 1854 in Lutzin (now Ludza), Latvia.10 c. Rassa Super, born 1857 in Lutzin (now Ludza), Latvia.11 d. Riva Super, born 1860 in Lutzin (now Ludza), Latvia.12 e. Mushke Super, born 1865 in Lutzin (now Ludza), Latvia.13 f. -
Hirsch on Chanukah*
RABBI SAMSON RAFAEL HIRSCH ON CHANUKAH* Excerpted by Rabbi Moshe ben Asher, Ph.D. Originally vfubj [Chanukah] belonged to a se- the pleasure derived from the awareness of a nobler ries of festive days listed in Megillath Taanith. existence. These days conveyed recollections of blissful Hellenistic culture is a protector of rights and events that proclaimed the invisible yet open inter- freedom. These concepts, however, are applied vention of God’s almighty rule for the preservation only to those who are educated; they are subject to of the people and the Law. an arrogance that claims that the rights of human The silent beam of friendly lights relates the beings begin only after they have attained a certain victory of light over darkness and tells of the level of culture. Therefore, sensitivity and concern “pure” Menorah’s rescue from the clutches of regarding one’s own self, and those close to one- Greek corruption. Chanukah recounts the rededica- self, are paired with an enormous callousness, with tion of the Sanctuary, which had been despoiled by an utmost cruelty, which assumes that the inferior the Greeks. The celebration of the eight-day Feast “uneducated masses” lack genuine feelings of of Light recalls the victorious survival of the Sanc- honor or a sensitivity for freedom or human rights. tuary, not the courage of the Maccabees. It does not Attica, so vainglorious about its rights and liberties, commemorate the liberation of the Jewish home- saw no contradiction in the fact that three-quarters land from the grip of enemy hands; it hails the of its inhabitants lived in servitude and slavery. -
Education for Girls and Processes of Modernity in Jerusalem: 1854-2014
Institute for Research on Eretz Israel Education for Girls and Processes of Modernity in Jerusalem: 1854-2014 International Academic Conference Marking the 160th Anniversary of the Evelina de Rothschild School Monday – Tuesday, June 9–10, 2014 With the support of: Research Institute for Zionism and Settlement, Jewish National Fund (KKL) Melton Center for Jewish Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Constantiner Chair for Jewish Education in the School of Education, Tel Aviv University Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Evelina De Rothschild Elementary School, Jerusalem Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Culture and Scientific Affairs YAD IZHAK BEN-ZVI 12 Abarbanel St., Jerusalem www.ybz.org.il Institute for Research on Eretz Israel, Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi June 2014 ii About the Conference The Institute for Research on Eretz Israel at Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, in collaboration with the Research Institute for Zionism and Settlement, Jewish National Fund (KKL), the Melton Center for Jewish Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Constantiner Chair for Jewish Education, the School of Education at Tel Aviv University, and the Hadassah- Brandeis Institute, are organizing an international conference on girls education and processes of modernization in Jerusalem from 1854 to 2014. The conference marks 160 years since the establishment of the Evelina de Rothschild School for girls in Jerusalem and will provide an opportunity for close examination of the gender aspects of an array of educational issues that pertain to different sectors of the population. Girls' education will be examined as a challenge for those different sectors – Jews, Muslims and Christians – and as an agent of change that seeks to bring about modernization. -
1 Beginning the Conversation
NOTES 1 Beginning the Conversation 1. Jacob Katz, Exclusiveness and Tolerance: Jewish-Gentile Relations in Medieval and Modern Times (New York: Schocken, 1969). 2. John Micklethwait, “In God’s Name: A Special Report on Religion and Public Life,” The Economist, London November 3–9, 2007. 3. Mark Lila, “Earthly Powers,” NYT, April 2, 2006. 4. When we mention the clash of civilizations, we think of either the Spengler battle, or a more benign interplay between cultures in individual lives. For the Spengler battle, see Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996). For a more benign interplay in individual lives, see Thomas L. Friedman, The Lexus and the Olive Tree (New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1999). 5. Micklethwait, “In God’s Name.” 6. Robert Wuthnow, America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005). “Interview with Robert Wuthnow” Religion and Ethics Newsweekly April 26, 2002. Episode no. 534 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week534/ rwuthnow.html 7. Wuthnow, America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity, 291. 8. Eric Sharpe, “Dialogue,” in Mircea Eliade and Charles J. Adams, The Encyclopedia of Religion, first edition, volume 4 (New York: Macmillan, 1987), 345–8. 9. Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald and John Borelli, Interfaith Dialogue: A Catholic View (London: SPCK, 2006). 10. Lily Edelman, Face to Face: A Primer in Dialogue (Washington, DC: B’nai B’rith, Adult Jewish Education, 1967). 11. Ben Zion Bokser, Judaism and the Christian Predicament (New York: Knopf, 1967), 5, 11. 12. Ibid., 375. -
Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler Zatzal
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NATIONAL IDENTITY Reflections on "Who Is a Jew"
ADAR 1-11 5730 I MARCH, 1970 VOLUME VI, NUMBER 6 THE FIFTY CENTS The Case For NATIONAL IDENTITY Reflections on "Who Is a Jew" The I Vanishing\ Yeshiva Teacher .. Is the Yeshiva Movement In Danger? PUBLIC OPINION: A Torah Approach THE JEWISH QBSERVER In this issue .. THE CASE OF NATIONAL IDENTITY, Joseph Elias ······· 3 OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD Punuc OPINION, an essay by the Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Yitzchok Hutner l 1 THE JEWISH OBSERVER is published monthly, except July and August, THE VANISHING YESHIVA TEACHER-THE YESHIVA MOVE- by the Agudath Israel of America, 5 Beekman Street, New York, MENT IN DANGER 13 New· York 10038. Second class postage paid at New York, N. Y. Subscription: $5.00 per year; Two WHY GOVERNMENT AID FOR NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS--from a years, $8.50; Three years, $ J 2.00; outside of the lTnitcd States, $6.00 brief by Nathan Lewin, Esq. 18 per year. Single copy, fifty cents. Printed in the U.S.A. FROl\1 THE TREASURES OF OUR HERITAGE: WHO SHOULD GUIDE Us?-adapted from "Michtav M'Eliyahu" by Editorial Board Rav Eliezer Dessler '"lt f)R. ERNEST L. BooENHEIMER 19 Chainnan RABBI NATHAN BULMAN BooK REVIEWS, Yaakov Jacobs 21 RABBI JOSEPH ELIAS FROl\1 ASSIMILATION TO GROUP SURVIVAL JOSEPH FRIEDENSON THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NAHUM GOLDMANN RABBI YAAKOV JACOBS RABBI MOSHE SHERER SECOND LOOKS AT THE JEWISH SCENE: THE STRANGE CASE OF LARRY GOLDBERG 24 THE JEWISH OBSERVER does not assume responsibility for the ARE WE "IN"? Kashrus of any product or service 27 advertised in its pages. HUMAN DESTINY AND SCIENTIFIC PRESUMPTION 27 MARCH, l 970 VoL. -
The Rabbi Naftali Riff Yeshiva
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Shomrei Torah
Shomrei Torah Parshat Chayei Sarah - Shabbat Mevarchim Andrew Markowitz, Rabbi 25 Cheshvan, 5780/ November 23, 2019 Benjamin Yudin, Rabbi Emeritus Parsha/Haftorah: ArtScroll 106/ 1136; Hertz 80/ 90; Living Torah 100/ 1067 Shabbat Schedule MAZAL TOV Phyllis Flancbaum on the birth of a granddaughter, Emma Joy, born to her children Shira and Jeremy Erev Shabbat - November 22 Spier. Candle Lighting 4:15pm Sarah and Ed Gerstley on the engagement of their granddaughter Danielle, daughter of Darbie and Mincha/ Kabbalat Shabbat 4:20pm Robert Rabinowitz, to Jacob Levy of Teaneck. Shabbat - November 23 Kaila and Ari Iserovich on the occasion of Russie's Bat Mitzvah Rena and Uriel Schatz on the birth of a son. The Shalom Zachor will take place 7:30pm at the Schatz Morning home, 14-06 Fairhaven. Sof Z’man Kriyat Shema 9:18am* *Please ensure that you say Kriat Shema before. HAKARAT HaTOV Daf Yomi - Nidah 31 7:30am Shacharit Ba’al Kriah Upstairs– Gideon Bannett Ba’al Kriah Downstairs– Ari Mayefsky Downstairs Beit Medrash 8:15am Kiddush Upstairs– Sponsored by Kaila and Ari Iserovich in honor of Russie's Bat Mitzvah. Shiur by Rabbi Yudin: "Defining a Seudas Mitzvah; a Longer Discussion" I would like to express my sincere thanks and appreciation for providing minyanim, meals, support and friendship during this difficult time of Shiva for my sister. I have always been grateful for the Shomrei Torah Main Shul 9:00am Community and the strong bond we all share. Sincerely, Abraham Bichler. Kenny Frank Youth Minyan 9:00am Shabbat Afternoon SHOMREI TORAH MAKES SHABBOS TOGETHER Pre-Mincha Shiur 3:30pm At the annual Membership Breakfast, we announced the formation of a sub-committee focused on adding Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh Shiur 3:45pm even more buzz, energy, and excitement within our shul. -
ואהבת את ה' אלקיך, As We Stated in ‘Praying with Passion’, What Each Individual Is Doing in This בכל לבבך, ובכל נפשך, ובכל World
בס”ד P. 1 GIVING MORE MEANING TO OUR TEFILLAH - ONE WEEK At A TIME ISSUE NO. 108 Loving G-d שמע :Tefillah Focus Of The Week (The Hirsch Chumash, Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch, in G-d, he must also believe in himself. Sefer Devarim 6:5, Feldheim Publishers). That is to say, that Hashem cares about ואהבת את ה' אלקיך, As we stated in ‘Praying With Passion’, what each individual is doing in this בכל לבבך, ובכל נפשך, ובכל world. Similar to a loving father, Hashem שמע ,("Issue 106, Shema 1, ("Insight מאדך. expresses the central tenet and foundation cares if His children make it in life. Meaning: of Judaism, that of a Jew’s faith, emunah, When it comes to milestones, your baby’s The simple translation of the prayer as the devoted subject of the One, All- first steps can’t be beat. One day he’s Powerful King. Rav Tzadak Hakohen inching along the couch, holding onto it You shall love Hashem, your G-d, with (Tzidkas Hatzadik, Os 154) teaches that there for support, and the next moment, he’s all your heart, with all your soul and with is more than one level of emunah. Just tottering hesitantly into your waiting all your resources. as one must have faith, belief and trust (cont. P. 2) Theme: Meaning within the word An essential concept of the prayer Word to the Wise: Reciprocated Love The Torah requires us to love Hashem, our G-d, with בכל—our heart, with our soul and with our resources Loving G-d wholeheartedly comes from To honor G-d only with the .לבבך, ובכל נפשך, ובכל מאדך feeling His personal involvement in our mind and the spirit is not sufficient. -
Happy Purim! RABBANIT SHANI TARAGIN on Why Purim Is the Most Zionistic Holiday
ADAR SHEINI 5779 MARCH 2019 TORAT ERETZ YISRAEL • PUBLISHED IN SHUSHAN • DISTRIBUTED AROUND THE WORLD ISRAEL EDITION RABBI BEREL WEIN פורים שמח! living our own purim story PAGE 24 Happy Purim! RABBANIT SHANI TARAGIN on why purim is the most zionistic holiday PAGE 5 RABBI JONATHAN SACKS invites us to be alert to G-d's messages PAGE 14 SIVAN RAHAV-MEIR with advice for a noisy world PAGE 23 RABBI CHAIM NAVON analyzes binge relationships PAGE 22 RABBANIT YEMIMA MIZRACHI with some magical moments for women this issue is dedicated in loving memory of PAGE 21 professor cyril domb by his wife and children Torat HaMizrachi HITLER, HAMAN & HAMAS A Parashat Zachor and Purim Primer bsolute evil has existed for minute. Thousands of years later, Individuals and societies possess both millennia. It constitutes a Hitler declared the same intentions. the passion for altruistic good and single-minded, systematic Tragically, he succeeded in murdering the impulse for self-destructive evil. focusA to destroy all good in the world. one third of the Jewish people, and Israel's mission is chiefly the former; According to Torah tradition, it has a if not for the hand of Providence Amalek's the latter. name. Amalek. The Torah commands guiding the actions of the Allied It was not by chance that Amalek was us to always remember and never Forces, he would have gone much 1 the first nation to attack Israel, as forget what Amalek represents. further. Unstopped and unchecked, this type of evil would, G-d forbid, soon as we came out of Egypt. -
Vertientes Del Judaismo #3
CLASES DE JUDAISMO VERTIENTES DEL JUDAISMO #3 Por: Eliyahu BaYonah Director Shalom Haverim Org New York Vertientes del Judaismo • LA ORTODOXIA MODERNA • La Ortodoxia moderna comprende un espectro bastante amplio de movimientos, cada extracción toma varias filosofías aunque relacionados distintamente, que en alguna combinación han proporcionado la base para todas las variaciones del movimiento de hoy en día. • En general, la ortodoxia moderna sostiene que la ley judía es normativa y vinculante, y concede al mismo tiempo un valor positivo para la interacción con la sociedad contemporánea. Vertientes del Judaismo • LA ORTODOXIA MODERNA • En este punto de vista, el judaísmo ortodoxo puede "ser enriquecido" por su intersección con la modernidad. • Además, "la sociedad moderna crea oportunidades para ser ciudadanos productivos que participan en la obra divina de la transformación del mundo en beneficio de la humanidad". • Al mismo tiempo, con el fin de preservar la integridad de la Halajá, cualquier área de “fuerte inconsistencia y conflicto" entre la Torá y la cultura moderna debe ser evitada. La ortodoxia moderna, además, asigna un papel central al "Pueblo de Israel " Vertientes del Judaismo • LA ORTODOXIA MODERNA • La ortodoxia moderna, como una corriente del judaísmo ortodoxo representado por instituciones como el Consejo Nacional para la Juventud Israel, en Estados Unidos, es pro-sionista y por lo tanto da un estatus nacional, así como religioso, de mucha importancia en el Estado de Israel, y sus afiliados que son, por lo general, sionistas en la orientación. • También practica la implicación con Judíos no ortodoxos que se extiende más allá de "extensión (kiruv)" a las relaciones institucionales y la cooperación continua, visto como Torá Umaddá.