The nineteenth night of the Omer corresponds to The Hod of Tiferes. Hod represents humility, and with Tiferes it teaches us to look for the beauty in being humble. Moshe said “May my teachings penetrate like rain” (Devarim 32:2)Rain falls the same on every type of plant, whether the plant grows tall or short, gives […]
My Grandfather was 14 years old when the Nazis invaded his hometown in Jaworzno, Poland. Throughout the war he faced tremendous trials and tribulations, surviving thirteen concentration camps including Auschwitz. He wrote his memoirs of his experience during the Holocaust after he fought in the Israeli War of Independence. Recently published in Hebrew, my family […]
Rebbe Moshe Chaim Ephraim, the Degel Machane Ephraim’s, impoverished lifestyle contrasted sharply with that of his brother, the Rebbe Reb Baruch of Medzibuzh, who had a “king’s table.” Reb Baruch once went to Sudylkov to spend Shabbos with his brother. Aware of his brother’s extravagance, Rebbe Moshe Chaim told the members of his household to […]
Outside the windows of the shul, the sun was sinking behind the trees, daylight was slowly fading away. Yom Kippur was almost over, and Rav Levi was desperate. He saw a huge darkness looming over the Jewish people for the upcoming year, a frightening, impending doom. All day, he had tried his utmost to dispel […]
