September Archives

Born on the Isle of Jerba in 1842, Rabbi Moshe Idan was without question one of the greatest Kabbalists of his time. He was also a poet and outstanding grammarian.…

When we speak of a Tzaddik, a righteous man, two sayings of our Sages come to mind. The first is “The Tzaddik is the foundation of the world.” We learn…

In each era, Divine Providence sends us great souls that leave their mark on the generation and whose influence is felt both in their era and many generations afterwards. One…

One of the great Tzaddikim of Tunis was Rabbi Hai Taieb, of blessed memory, who lived from 5504 to 5596 (1774 to 1836). He was a Gaon who knew both…

Rabbi Yitzhak Halevi Luria, forerunner of the Kabbalah and, more particularly, the school of thought that bears his name, became widely known throughout the Jewish world under the

Rabbi Chaim Aboulafia Credit must go to Rabbi Chaim Aboulafia for the rebuilding and restructuring of the Jewish community of Tiberias. Rabbi Chaim Aboulafia was born in Hebron in

To get an idea of the greatness of Rabban Yochanan ben Zakai, one needs only to read the following narrative, brought by the Sages: Having fallen gravely ill, Rabban Yochanan…

Our revered teacher, Rabbi Yossef Chaim, better know as the Ben Ish Hai, was born in Baghdad on Av 27, 1834. After the disappearance of his illustrious father, which occurred…

Considering Teshuvah as the Koshering of Body and Soul Let us begin with the following excerpt from sichot (accounts of) Teshuvah: Teshuvah resembles the preparations of Shabbat. F

Three times a day we pray in the Shemoneh Esrei for G-d’s mercy to be “upon the righteous, upon the pious, upon the elders of Your people, the House of…