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For those who spent or spend their time learning in the walls of the Breuer’s Bais HaMedrash, there has always been a small curiosity on the Mizrach wall- one that might have piqued our interest, but we may not have ever thought of asking about. Several lines come from the Magid Mishnah’s commentary on the […]

Some Confusion about the order of Sefirah and Kiddush on Shevi’i Shel Pesach, where Rodelheim, KAJ, and Safah Yesharah Differ: The Roedelheim has all sefirah after kiddush in shul. This is the psak of the Sh’A (489) based on Terumas Hadeshen, and it is because of “iyulei yoma makdiminan”- “We strive to welcome the day […]

  Many years ago, when I began this project called “breuers 2gether”, I would often refer to the trusted book by a local academic, Stephen Lowenstien’s “Frankfurt on the Hudson”. Many of the pictures in that book were taken from a book called “So War Es” by a Mr. Bruno Stern. I eventually purchased that […]

I want to share the following thoughts on the influence of Rav Hirsch Zt’l on our community and its adherents. It has always been my contention that a philosophy can be studied, but it can also be understood by the way it is lived.  Rav Hirsch may have written about Torah im Derch Eretz in […]

As the picture above shows, we are in a Gimmel, Chof, Heh. Tuesday was Rosh Hashanah, Chof-Kesidran- meaning Cheshvon has 29 days, and Kislev has 30. Leaving 177 days between Rosh Hashanah and the first of Nissan, which will be a Thursday, and Pesach will be on Thursday as well. This will not be a leap year. I would […]

  The new book, released just in time for summer readers like me, is “Always on Call”, an inspiring biography on Dr. Raphael Moller. I need not tell any of my readers who he was, since if You didn’t know; you probably wouldn’t be reading these lines on this website. I will tell you about […]

Last week, I introduced a new approach to the Mishnah of Raban Gamliel, the son of Rabi Yehudah Hanasi: Yafeh Talmud Torah im Derekh Eretz Our idea was that the PErek begins with Rebe advising one to choose a “straight” path. This path is the one that is honorable for the one who does it, and in the […]

It is the most ironic thing – in the way that it should be a clear sign of Hashgocho (Divine Providence)- that the Yahrzeit of Rav Breuer zt’l will always fall out in the week in which we will read the second Chapter of Avoth. The chapter in which Raban Gamliel, the son of Rabi […]

When I was a teenager, Mr. Joseph Katzenstien z’l gave my father a recording of the Shul choir, which was recorded in a concert in 1955. Today, via Googling, I discovered that this was released as a record at the time. Recently, his daughter gave me the original magnetic reel from which this record was pressed.I […]

Below is something I posted on social media a few months ago, and I now possess a scan of the book mentioned therein through the Fair Use Act and the generosity of the NLI librarians. (I am looking for collaborators to bring the music to life…) In the 1930s, a Berlin cantor published a book […]