July 24, 2014 The war in Gaza is continuing. Let us hope for peace and security. This morning in Daf Yomi I learned an amazing Gemara. It almost mirrors events in the Jewish world from the late 1700s to 1948. It mirrors the period of time when the students of the Besht and Gra start to move back to …
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Yahrzeit - 20 Tammuz 5664 (1904) May 2, 1860 - July 3, 1904 This past Friday was the 110th Yahrzeit of Binyomin Zev - Theodore Herzl. I did not know about Herzl's Yahrzeit until Elykum Schwartz told me this past Shabbos. I saw in Amos Elon's book, Herzl, that in 1903 the Sefas Emes came out against Herzl and said the Messiah and settlement of …
1809 - 1873 22 Tammuz 5648 – July 17, 1873 Today is the 141st Yahrzeit of Admor Dovid Morgenstern Admor Dovid was reported to be the only surviving child of the Kotzker Rebbe and his first wife, Glcikel. Admor Dovid married Chaya Toiba, the daughter of Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Dishkis – Greenwald on the 8th …
Rabbi Emanuel Gettinger Bais Netziv - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naftali_Zvi_Yehuda_Berlin I was at Buckingham Pavilion a week ago and I was Zocah to meet Rabbi Emanuel Gettinger, http://www.yiws.org/rabbis/. Unfortunately he is there for recuperation. I decided to daven by Buckingham Pavilion and speak about Rabbi Gettinger. I never met him before but I consider him my Rebbe. …
