A collection of Yiddish newspapers I recently sold included an issue of Das Yudishe Blatt, published in the city of Mukacevo (Munkatch), Ukraine, on May 14, 1937 – the day after the passing of the ...
Why is the letter aleph in the word vayikra, the very first word of the Book of Leviticus written smaller than the others? A second, more mystical thought comes to mind. Rav Avraham Yitzchak Kook, the ...
Why is the letter aleph in the word va-yikra, the very first word of the Book of Leviticus written smaller than the others? A final Chassidic thought: Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach often told the story of ...