NOT EMPTY OR SUPERFICIAL BUT SOLID GOLD

If the “pomegranates” adorning the hem of the m’il of the Kohen Gadol are (not functional per se but) intended for bringing out beauty, the virtues of the Jewish people, we must not emphasize the quality alluded to by pomegranates (“the empty among you are full with Mitzvos as a pomegranate”) but the inner virtue of a Jew, the fact that every Jew is like a “golden apple” (solid gold, not empty or vacuous, G-d forbid). * The inner quality of a Jew in the light of the commentary of Ramban.

Click to read more ...

THE REBBE LIVES NOW TOO

For 9 Adar, the day the Rebbe Rayatz came to the “lower hemisphere” in 1940, we present another chapter from the stories Chassidim tell about the Rebbe Rayatz. * From the notes of R’ Avrohom Weingarten a”h, l’ilui nishmas his son R’ Matisyahu Aryeh Leib, Hy”d

Click to read more ...

CHANUKAH IN THE MONTH OF ADAR

As we prepare our souls for the coming of Moshiach at which time we will see G-d’s glory without any screen or filter, it is our task to come before Him with a pure soul. By taking our “olive oil” and bringing it to Moshiach, the Moses of our generation, by following in his pure and holy ways that are untainted by the exile mindset, we are guaranteed that our souls will indeed be purified. And when we will stand before G-d in the third Temple we will not be embarrassed because at that time our souls will radiate the purest of light.

Click to read more ...