September Archives

Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch was a Tzaddik who led G-d’s battle against the Reform movement and other ideas foreign to Judaism that were rampant in Germany. He was Rabbi of…

Rav Meir Leibush ben Yechiel Michel (the Malbim) is universally known in all Jewish communities as one of the great commentators of the Bible. Almost all Jewish homes possess his…

Rabbi Shemuel Halevi Klein, who passed away on Adar 28, 1827, was the author of Machatzit HaShekel. The following relates the story of a “theft” in the night. It was…

The author of Noam Elimelech performed many miracles during his lifetime, as well as after his death, for we know that Tzaddikim are greater after their deaths than during their…

Rabbi Yaakov Krantz was born in Zateil, Lithuania in 1740 (5500). He was the greatest preacher of all time and is know in every Jewish community by the name of…

Rabbi David Oppenheim was born in 1664 (5424) in Worms. He learned Torah from Rabbi Guershon Ashkenazi of Metz, Rabbi Yaakov Ashkenazi (the father of Chacham Tzvi), Rav Binyamin Wo

The gravesite of Rabbi David Halevi Draa, one of the most venerated saints among the Jews of Morocco, can be found in the village of Draa, not far from Dimneth.…

During his youth, Rabbi Israel was a delicate boy who sought the companionship of Torah scholars because he thirsted for knowledge. The vanities of this world did not interest him

Hashem always hears the prayers of a mother. When he was a child, the mother of Rabbi Mordechai Amiyes Hacohen prayed that her son become great in Israel. And in…

The city of Sale, located on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the far end of Morocco, is not large in terms of cities. The Jewish community there, although small in…