Coincidence or..?
The Berlin–Munich express train unexpectedly stopped at the station in the small town of Gera. The stop was unplanned, because the town of Gera (this took place between the two world wars) was out of…
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Статьи, рецепты, молитвы и истории о семье, материнстве и еврейских традициях.
If You Warm a Jew...
The head of the Etz Chaim yeshiva, the great Torah sage Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, recounts a story from Midrash Rabbah in his book Even HaEzel: One of the sages of Athens in Greece heard that the c…
We Are a Winning Team
This year’s Hanukkah project for girls turned out to be especially interesting. The participants eagerly awaited each new day and what their teachers had prepared for them: a doughnut evening and a t…
Looking for Work—What Are We Looking for, and Why Can’t We Find It?
Sometimes we look for work for months, even years, without finding it. Time flies, and we sigh: “It’s all about connections,” “They don’t like Russians/religious people,” “I’m too young/too old,” “No…
Silence and Brakes
One of the Torah’s fundamental prohibitions, much discussed recently, is the prohibition against speaking ill of others. After the Chafetz Chaim opened the world’s eyes to this important prohibition,…
You're Not a Horse!
The mashgiach of the Lomza Yeshiva, of righteous memory, said the following about the verse: “He found him in a parched desert land where (the wind) howls, surrounded him and instructed him, and guar…
For Oneself and for Others
This story was told by Rabbi Shlomo Levenstein. It concerns an incident involving Rabbi Isaac Sher, head of the Slabodka Yeshiva in Israel (as recounted by his grandson). One day, the head of the yes…
Сила благодарности
Рассказ, основанный на реальных событиях Скамейки в синагоге были полупустыми. Очень многие не пришли сегодня на урок. Яков пошевелился, чтобы опереться на спинку поудобнее. Длинный рабочий день, уст…
Все – к лучшему
Мой дедушка был не из тех, кто разбрасывается 20-долларовыми банкнотами или обрушивает на внуков водопад подарков на Хануку. Будучи по-настоящему обстоятельным человеком, он решил купить каждому, КАЖ…