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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 […]

  Hello. Tishri kicked off what will hopefully be a year of redemption for the nation and the individual. Tehi Shenas Pidyon Hashevuyim. Some interesting points. We had three sets of three-day Yomtov, and Pesach will do the same by falling out on a Sunday.  Cheshvon is a full thirty days and has FIVE Shabbos in it! The […]

The world of Jewish political enthusiasts was energized by the appearance of a fresh-faced young man, an online influencer, and an outspoken advocate and party to a lawsuit against the recent wave of anti-Semitism that has terrorized Jewish students at some of America’s finest and oldest universities. Shabbos (Shabsi) Alexander Kestenbaum, a recent graduate of […]