2026 Archives

Rav Saadia Gaon was the Rosh Yeshiva of Sura in Babylon. He was very wealthy, but also merited teaching Torah to numerous disciples. The story that we shall recount occurred…

Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spector, who was known as the Rav of all Israel, was the Rabbi of Kovno. He was born in 1817 (5577) and died in 1896 (5656). He…

The following story is one that pertains not only to Rabbi Avraham Ibn Ezra, but also to Shabbat. In 1159 (4919), more than 840 years ago, Rabbi Avraham Ibn Ezra…

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.…