The Zohar on Tehillim 111, or When Tzedakah Appears on the Forehead
The Zohar on Tehillim 111, or When Tzedakah Appears on the Forehead “Ve-tzidkato omedet la'ad” — (and his righteousness endures forever); Our teacher, the A...
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The Zohar on Tehillim 111, or When Tzedakah Appears on the Forehead “Ve-tzidkato omedet la'ad” — (and his righteousness endures forever); Our teacher, the A...
The Special Prayer Before Lighting the Hanukkah Candles by Bnei Yissaschar The great Kabbalist, Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov, author of Bnei Yissaschar, whose...
The Repentance Prayer of Rabbi Judah he-Hasid for a Fast Chazal teach that nowadays, prayer serves as a substitute for sacrifices. Rabbi Judah he-Hasid, in his...
The Testament of Rabbi Yehuda HaChasid from Sefer Chasidim (with additional warnings) A special appendix to Sefer Chasidim (The Book of the Pious) is the “T...
14 Kislev – Yahrzeit of Reuven ben Yaakov Avinu Reuven (ראובן) — the eldest son of the patriarch Yaakov and his wife Leah, and one of the progenitors of the tw...
The Morning Berachot — Their Hidden Meaning מודה אני "I offer thanks to You, living and eternal King, for in Your mercy You have restored my soul to me; gre...
A Special Prayer by the Ben Ish Hai for Rosh Chodesh Kislev Rabbi Yosef Hayyim of Baghdad – the Ben Ish Hai composed a special prayer to be recited on Rosh Cho...
Tehillim 145 and David’s Falling Sukkah\r\nTehillim 145:14\r\n\r\n- “Somekh Ado-nai lekhol hanoflim, vezokef lekhol hakefufim” - (The L-rd supports all who have...
Prayer at the Kever of Rebbe Gedaliah Moshe ben Shlomo of Zvhil Rebbe of Zvhil (the younger) Since my birthday is in Cheshvan, I feel a special reverence for a...
Carob Tree The carob tree is called “haruv” in Hebrew and “bokser” (bokser) in Yiddish. This tree is not mentioned even once in the Tanakh. Nevertheless, th...
Hannah and Peninnah — a Reward for Tzarot, or: Do Not Oppress Chazal teach that one must be extremely careful with people who have endured tzarot — “tzarah” (t...
Nitzavet bat Adael—who stands behind every psalm of King David Chazal teach that one must be especially careful with people who have endured tzarot—“tzarah” (t...