Twice in his famous hasidic work, Bnei Yissaskhar, the great hasidic master Rabbi Zvi Elimelekh Shapira of Dynow (1783-1841) related to the spiritual valence of eating fish on Sabbath. Zvi Elimelekh noted that in the Genesis account there are three…
Podcast Series, The Maggid of Melbourne, Hasidic Lore Series, Self & Spirituality, Hasidut, Tanakh
Many happy returns of the day. Happy birthday. Ad meah-ve’esrim (till 120). All lovely birthday greetings. But how about something a little bit more creative? Let’s learn from King Solomon. There is a tradition that Shlomo wrote three books of…
Tanakh, Neviim & Ketuvim, Megillot, Kohelet, Pardes 360, Shir HaShirim
“Return us to You, O God, and we will return; renew our days as of old.” On a cold, wintry night, Rabbi Naftali Zvi Horowitz of Ropczyce (1760-1827) was traveling in his wagon as the rain pelted down. The wagon-driver…
Podcast Series, The Maggid of Melbourne, Hasidic Lore Series, Self & Spirituality, Hasidut, Tanakh
The Torah command not to destroy fruit trees when besieging a city was expanded by our sages into a prohibition against any needless destruction of nature. The metaphor of the tree has been used by Jewish mystics throughout the ages…
Tanakh, Torah, Bereishit (Genesis), Jewish Living, Halakha, Neviim & Ketuvim
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