Shabbos Parshas BeShalach Thursday February 1, 2024 - 165th yahrzeit of the Kotzker Rebbe. We drove to Toronto on Wednesday, January 23, 2024. We stayed at Chani Janowski’s house which was an 8 minute walk to the Shul, Aish Hatorah of Thornhill. The Rabbi is the grandfather of the Bar Mitzvah boy. The Rabbi spoke …
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What a Shabbos. On Friday, I had to drive to the western part of the State, 30 miles from the Iowa border. I listened to Rabbi Goldberg’s Chumash Shiur from 2015. Excellent Shiur. At the end of the Shiur, Rabbi Goldberg gave four reasons why Monarchy and/or Moshiach had to come from Lot and his …
Parshas Eikev 22 AV 5776 – August 27, 2016 Pesach Chapter 8, Verse 14: “Vram Levavcha” – “and your heart grow s haughty” Kotzk and Vorka Pesach came in for Shabbos to be with my mother. It is always great seeing him. Friday night we stayed up to 11:30 PM talking about Bubby and Zedi …
This coming Tuesday night, February 3, 2015 and extending into Wednesday February 4, 2015 is the 156th Yahrzeit of the Kotzker. The following is a piece I wrote last year and did not have a chance to put it on my website. I offer this as my 2015 Yahrzeit speech for the Kotzker. THE KOTZKER …
The below is Martin from LA's comment on this weeks Torah potion, Parshas Noah. In red are my comments. Martin from LA is a student of Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks. As as result I consider myself a student of the Chief Rabbi and have been inspired by the Chief Rabbi's Torah. Martin from LA is my …
Chapter 34, Verse 1: 1. Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to look about among the daughters of the land. וַתֵּצֵא דִינָה בַּת לֵאָה אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה לְיַעֲקֹב לִרְאוֹת בִּבְנוֹת הָאָרֶץ: Rashi says on this Passuk: And not the daughter of Yaakov. However, because of her going out she …
Expressions of love for Jewish soldiers I saw this Vort from the Kotzker mentioned in Harry Maryles’s Blog, Emes V’emunah, by a commentator named Ephraim. I have not seen this Vort in a sefer, but it is true to the Kotzker and keeping with the feeling of his responsibility to the entire nation of Israel. The Kotzker said: …
154 years 22 Shevat 5619 – January 27, 1859 Takhe Kotzk (click to listen) This Shabbos is the Kotzker Rebbe's 154th Yharzeit. Everyone is invited to the Glenner residence for a Yhazeit seudah this shabbos after minchah. Years ago my father sent me a Cantor Paul Zim tape of Yiddish songs that included the song …
The Lesson of Maror A Chosid who used to travel to the Kotkzer, approximately 56 years earlier, was on his way home from Gur after the holiday of Succos. He travelled by way of Sochatchov and visited the Sochatchover Rebbe. This event took place in the early 1900’s. The Sochatchover Rebbe was Rabbi Avrohom …
