Ben Porat Yosef - A Prayer Against the Evil Eye From the Torah
Ben Porat Yosef - a prayer against the "ayin hara" (evil eye) from the Torah - "Ben Porat Yosef, Ben Porat alei ayin, Banot tza'ada alei shur" — (A fruitfu...
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Ben Porat Yosef - a prayer against the "ayin hara" (evil eye) from the Torah - "Ben Porat Yosef, Ben Porat alei ayin, Banot tza'ada alei shur" — (A fruitfu...
Adar and Vision Hasidic Admors teach that those who suffer from vision problems are advised to schedule both their examination and surgery specifically during...
Why Are There 36 Cards in a Deck, and What Do Hanukkah Vacations Have to Do with It? Once, while reading my favorite book by Isaac Bashevis Singer, “The Family...
Benjamin—the Thigh—Netzach The Torah describes Jacob’s nighttime struggle with Esau’s guardian angel. The angel felt Jacob from every side, trying to find a...
Shabbat Candle Lighting with Kavanot Prayer before putting on Shabbat clothing: כָּל כְּלִי יוּצַר עָלַיִךְ לֹא יִצְלָח וְכָל לָשׁוֹן תָּקוּם אִתָּךְ לַמִּש...
Tehillim 80 – The Grapevine and the Number 7 Tehillim 80:9 - “Gefen mi-Mitzrayim tasia, tegaresh goyim vatita'eha” - (You brought a grapevine out of Egypt;...
3 Prayers for Motzei Shabbat for a Successful Week We are sharing with you 3 prayers that are recited at the end of Shabbat – 2 of which: “And G-d Shall Give Y...
A Miraculous Flight with Rishon LeZion Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu This story was told by Rabbanit Tzvia Eliyahu, the wife of Israel's former Chief Rabbi, Rishon L...
Shir HaMa'alot or the Entire Book of Tehillim Tehillim 124:1 «Shir HaMa'alot, le-David, lulei HaShem shehayah lanu, yomar na Yisrael» — (…if not for G-d, Wh...
Sneezing or “Chaim Tovim” — Jewish Psychosomatics The Midrashim relate that before the era of the patriarch Jacob, there were no illnesses in the world, not ev...
“Bakol, Mikol, Kol” — The Hidden Meaning of the Blessing in Birkat HaMazon In the blessing of Birkat HaMazon, we ask G-d to bless us as He blessed our forefath...
Tehillim 68, or Who Gives Strength to G-d Tehillim 68:35 - “Tenu oz le-Elohim” - (Give strength to G-d). Zohar HaKadosh explains: “When the people of...