9 Av and Gid ha-Nasheh
9 Av and Gid ha-Nasheh The Torah tells us: “And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the break of dawn. When he saw that he could not ove...
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9 Av and Gid ha-Nasheh The Torah tells us: “And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the break of dawn. When he saw that he could not ove...
Esau and Ishmael—A Spiritual Principle The Ox and the Donkey in the Torah Sefer Devarim speaks of one of the 613 mitzvot of the Torah—the prohibition against...
A Special Prayer for Rosh Chodesh Rabbi Nachman Goldstein (1825–1894) was an outstanding Talmudist and the author of extensive commentaries on the principal wo...
Gilgulei Neshamot in Parashat Pinchas Queen Jezebel - Eliyahu HaNavi - Rabbi Akiva According to the holy Zohar, Eliyahu was the reincarnation of Pinchas. (Z...
Sod Torah – Take Off Your Shoes When Moshe Rabbeinu saw the burning bush and wished to draw near, he heard the voice of the Almighty: “Take off your shoes, for...
Tehillim 122, or Why Jewish Surnames Ended in “-i” Tehillim 122:4 שִׁבְטֵי־יָ֭הּ עֵד֣וּת לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל - “Shivtei Yah—edut le-Yisrael” - (The tribes of t...
Tehillim 85 – a segula to give tzedakah before a journey Tehillim 85:14 “Tzedek lefanav yehalekh, veyasem lederekh pe'amav” – (Justice (Tzedakah) will go be...
Segulot for Tzedakah Sources in the Torah on giving tzedakah - “Open your hand to the poor” (Devarim 15:8); - “So that your brother may live with you” (V...
Tehillim 136 and 26 Generations In Psalm 136—the Great Hallel (praise of Hashem)—David HaMelech says the words “Ki le'olam chasdo” — (for His kindness end...
Tefillah le-Butzina Kadisha Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai A prayer to the Divine Lamp, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. Transliteration: Ribono shel Olam, ten be-lev h...
Tehillim and Forgiveness at Half Price When Rabbi Nachum of Chernobyl was approached by “penitents”—Jews who had committed many sins and resolved to return to...
Sod Torah - The Secret of the Yaaleh Veyavo Insertion On Rosh Chodesh, in such important prayers as the Shemoneh Esrei and Birkat HaMazon, the insertion “Yaale...