this is what I desire!
We should look for someone with whom to eat and drink before looking for something to eat and drink, for dining alone and is leading the life of a lion or wolf (Epicurus).” I'm not so sure that finding someone with whom to share a feast...
Everything about Israel, when the Temple was standing, was different, even the animals: Never did serpent or scorpion injure anyone in Jerusalem. (Yoma 21a) The Talmud describes how some of the great Rabbis continued to live with such miracles even after the Temple was destroyed: Rabbi Phinehas happened...
[caption id="attachment_2657" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Cherubim"][/caption] This Kinah, by Rabbi Elazar KaKalir, focuses on yet another tragic aspect of the Temple’s destruction. Not only was the Temple edifice destroyed but its furnishings, adornments and holy vessels were plundered too. Each one of these components was...
People often request copies of the recordings I made of my personal conversations with my father and Uncle Noach zt”l. Even their casual comments were filled with treasures of wisdom, insight and clarity. The recordings contain many intensely private details and I am not willing...
"As the nations that God makes perish before you, so shall you perish (Deuteronomy 8:20).” Infer that as these nations perished through priest and prophet, [referring to the overthrow of Jericho where Joshua, the prophet, ordered the priests to march round the wall and blow...