Texting While Driving May Have Saved My Life – HuffPost
richards | July 27, 2017
This is an embarressing story, but it needs to be told. I was recently stopped at a red light, first in line.
Brightening ‘The Nine Days,’ Sacramento Celebrates Talmud Completion – Chabad.org
simmons | July 26, 2017
Sacramento has a small Jewish community, with perhaps no more than two-dozen households where Shabbat and kashrut are kept. Yet it will host a big celebration on Thursday night, when a group of dedicated students will celebrate the completion of the 2,711 pages of the Babylonian Talmud.
Completing Tractate Megillah – Chabad.org
simmons | July 26, 2017
The first chapters of tractate Megillah discuss the laws of the holiday of Purim, and specifically the laws pertaining to the Megillah (Scroll of Esther) and its reading on Purim.
Hands To Work, Hearts To God – Jewish Week (blog)
admin | July 26, 2017
A favorite saying of the Rabbis of Yavneh, told in the Talmud, was: I am Gods creature and my fellow is Gods creature. My work is in the town and his work is in the country. I rise early for my work and he rises early for his work.
Birkot HaTorah and the Churban: Lessons for today’s Jewish classrooms – Arutz Sheva
admin | July 25, 2017
This essay is in memory of the beloved mother of Barbara Hanus As a nation, we love asking questions; for centuries we have been asking what caused the destruction of the Holy Temple, the Beit Hamikdash. The Gemara in Nedarim states that Jerusalem was destroyed because the Jewish people did not say Birkot HaTorah (blessing said in morning prayers,before learning Torah) We know that the Beit Hamikdash was destroyed as a result of people violating the three cardinal sins.
Beer and ancient Jewish texts to pair for August series – Davis Enterprise
admin | July 25, 2017
Rabbi Greg Wolfe.
Take Whatever Opportunity You Can to Study Torah – Algemeiner
simmons | July 21, 2017
A scene from Doing Jewish: A Story From Ghana. Photo: Screenshot. Following the loss of itsAmerican colonies in 1783, Great Britain was forced to find alternative locations for its various colonial enterprisesone of which was the mass deportation of convicts to penal colonies in distant geographic locations
Hagaon HaRav David Yosef Calls To Prevent Removal Of Talmud Torah Sanhedrin – Yeshiva World News
richards | July 21, 2017
HaGaon HaRav David Yosef, a member of Shas Moetzas Gedolei Yisrael, called on Shas Jerusalem councilmen to oppose the planned eviction of the Sephardi Sanhedrin Talmid Torah to make more room for the Seminar HaYoshon as planned.
Rabbi Zlotowitz of ArtScroll: Rebbe and Chaver to Thousands – Jewish Link of New Jersey
simmons | July 21, 2017
Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz, zl As we are about to mark the Shloshim of Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz zl, the founder of ArtScroll, who was born in New York City in 1943 and passed away on June 24, 2017, at age 73, it is appropriate to consider how much ArtScroll has impacted our community and to note some of its history. Imagine a member of the community who wakes up at 5 every morning to learn Daf Yomi from an ArtScroll Gemara.
A Critical Look At A New Sefer: Alternative Medicine in Halachah … – Yeshiva World News
admin | July 20, 2017
(by Ben Rothke) Learn a few pages in the Mishnah Berurah and youll come to the phrase hamachmir tavo alav bracha. While the Chofetz Chaim didnt coin the phrase, he made it his calling card. He will accept an opinion, but commend those who want to be strict
