Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
Learn about the site where two Holy Temples stood and a third will stand in the Messianic era.
Rabbi Abba son of Kahana said, “David’s generation were all righteous, but because there were informers among them, they fell in battle...Ahab’s generation were idolaters, but because there were no informers, they went to battle and were victorious.”
Jerusalem Talmud, Peah 1:1.
Jerusalem is the city that joins all the...
Enjoy this collection of pithy teachings, and appreciate the cosmic shift that occurred at Sinai.
"Mitzrayim" (Egypt) means constriction, limitation. The spiritual Egyptian exile is the animal soul's restricting and concealing the G-dly soul so severely that the G-dly soul is compressed to the degree that it is diminished and obscured. "Exodus from Egypt" is the removal of the constriction and bounds; i.e. the intellect in the brain illuminates the heart, bringing about fine character traits translated into actual practice.
– Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch (as quoted in Hayom Yom, Shevat 4)
Flood Waters Recede
(2105 BCE)
150 days after the rains stopped falling in the Great Flood, the raging waters which covered the face... Read More »
Encampment at Sinai
(1313 BCE)
On the 1st of Sivan of the year 2448 from creation (1313 BCE), six weeks after their
exodus from Egypt... Read More »
Korach Swallowed Up by the Earth
(1312 BCE)
Korach, who led a rebellion against the leadership of Moses and Aaron, met his end when, miraculously,... Read More »
Worms Jews Massacred
(1096)
At the end of a week in which a group Jews took refuge in a local castle in Worms, Germany, the crusad... Read More »
Ezekiel Describes Assyria's Downfall
(423 BCE)
In a reprimand to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, Ezekiel describes the downfall of
Assyria in the hands of Ne... Read More »
Today isRosh Chodesh ("Head of the Month") for the month of Sivan. Special portions are added to the d... Read More »
Tomorrow is the forty-sixth day of the Omer Count. Since, on the Jewish calendar, the day begins at ni... Read More »
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