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This Is Prayer! By Yehudis Golshevsky Once, after finishing his evening prayers, Rebbe Nachman went with a number of his students to break bread. The Rebbe’s beloved disciple, Reb Noson, was among their number, but unlike them, he hadn’t yet…

THREE STORIES FROM AN OLD BOOK The city of Ostrow played a prominent role in Jewish history. It had a long and distinguished record as a place where Jews lived and prospered. As would be expected, many prominent Rabbis and…

Stories About Tzaddikim The Rebbe’s daughter once became very ill. When the Rebbe came to visit her and saw how weak and sickly she’d become he became very sad and distressed. While sitting next to his daughter, the Rebbe fell…

Purim – Making the Most Out of it  Purim is one of the greatest days of the year in the Jewish calendar. Celebrated and well-known on the 14th day of the Adar, the day is fun-filled and thrilling because the Jewish…

Purim Holiday Purim refers to a Jew holiday which honors the gateaway of Judaic people from the Kingdom of Persia. It is a celebration of the deliverance of the Jewish people from the Persian Empire. The Book of Esther tells this…

Purim 2020 – Matanot La’evyonim – Gifts for the Poor of Jerusalem Matanot La’evyonim One of the oldest and most noble philanthropies in Jewish tradition is the enactment of giving aid or charity to people in need by more privileged…

The central theme of the saying Kaddish prayer is the magnification and sanctification of God’s name In the liturgy different versions of the Kaddish are used functionally as separators between sections of the service The term “Kaddish” is often used…

Passover / Pesach is a yearly major Jewish celebration which came about because of the blend and union of various yearly occasions that occurred in Jewish and Middle Eastern history. The accompanying rundown speaks to the verifiable course of events…