Tehillim 42, or What Descends at Chatzot Layla
Tehillim 42, or What Descends at Chatzot Layla Tehillim (42:9) - “Yomam yitzaveh A-donai chasdo uvalailah shiro imi, tefillah le-El Chai” - (By day, G-d sen...
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Tehillim 42, or What Descends at Chatzot Layla Tehillim (42:9) - “Yomam yitzaveh A-donai chasdo uvalailah shiro imi, tefillah le-El Chai” - (By day, G-d sen...
How to Drink Water: Jewish Prohibitions from Our Grandmothers Rabbi Shlomo ben Aderet (the Rashba) wrote: “One must not reject the traditions of Jewish grandmo...
Cheshbon Shamayim, or One Against a Hundred and Jewish Arithmetic “I found the following written about seven types of (heavenly) rejection (for committing impr...
Tehillim 68 — Hair on the Crown of the Head as a Source of Sin Tehillim 68 — “Ach Elokim yimahatz rosh oyvav, kodkod se'ar mithalech ba'ashamav” — (But the...
A Hint from the Torah: Where to Place the Hanukkiah “And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed...”. (Bereshit 41:1) Since the p...
Tehillim 67 in the Form of a Menorah – Segulot of the Kabbalists Rabbi Eliezer of Worms asserts that “David HaMelech composed this psalm through Ruach HaKodesh...
Tehillim 91 on Hanukkah On Hanukkah, by the lit Hanukkah candles, Tehillim 91 is recited in an unusual manner—seven times. The Arizal teaches (zechuto yagen...
Tehillim 118 - Zot Chanukah, or "Cherchez la femme" (Look for the Woman) Tehillim 118:19, 23 «Pitchu li sha'arei tzedek… Me'et Ha-Shem haytah zot» - (Open f...
Segulot for Rosh Chodesh Tevet Ben Ish Chai, of blessed memory, teaches that it is customary to light an oil lamp le-khvod nishmat Rabbi Meir Baal HaNes (zechu...
Order of Prayers for the Chanukiah Before lighting the Chanukah candles, a special prayer composed by Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov, author of “Bnei Yissachar,...
Tikkun Chatzot during Hanukkah—a segula for rebuilding the Beit HaMikdash Many holy books describe Hanukkah as an especially auspicious time for the rebuilding...
Rosh Chodesh Kislev—The 40 Days from Hoshana Rabbah—Et Ratzon (a Time of Divine Favor) in Heaven This is a time when our prayers possess tremendous power, and...