To Believe by Yagel Oshri
As the war passes the 6 month mark, the message of this song is one we all need to hear right now. Nobody knows how long all of this will last. But we need to try to open our hearts, and believe.
Read MoreWhy this Elderly Man Visits Injured Soldiers Every Single Day by Rabbi Paysach Krohn
I have a dear friend who’s a rabbi in Boca, and he brought 25 members of his shul to Israel for three days. They went to the war front. They went to the houses of people who were displaced. And then they went to Tel HaShomer Hospital, the biggest hospital in Israel. Tel HaShomer has […]
Read MoreMatzah-Baking in the Warsaw Ghetto
On this tense Shabbat, I found comfort and perspective in the following story by Avraham Handel, former manager of “Shop Schultz,” a Warsaw-Ghetto factory owned by German war criminal Fritz Schultz and his partner to make Nazi uniforms etc. using Jewish slave labor. “It was right before the final Pesach of the Warsaw Ghetto, and […]
Read MoreA Long-Awaited Wedding
It’s right before Shabbat in Jerusalem, and I’m trying to figure out what to post to provide some hope and chizuk regarding the tense situation in Israel right now. And I realized the most powerful message of hope I can give is from the equal-parts beautiful and moving wedding I attended yesterday, a very different […]
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Opening the Eyes of the Blind: One Soldier’s Miracle (With English Translation)
Prayer works! As the months pass let’s make sure to continue praying for our soldiers. I’ve been thinking of this soldier every morning when I say, “Blessed are You, our Lord, King of the universe, who opens the eyes of the blind.”
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