yehoshua steinbergSep 21, 20163 minSukkot: Gog’s Impervious Roof Versus Israel’s Flimsy Thatched Sukkah ~ Yehoshua SteinberSukkot: Gog’s Impervious Roof Versus Israel’s Flimsy Thatched Sukkah (The following is in the main an adaptation of Rabbi S. R. Hirsch’s...
yehoshua steinbergSep 20, 20169 minRosh Hashanah: The Shofar’s Blast and Satan’s Crash ~ Yehoshua SteinbergThe Talmud(1) states: למה תוקעין ומריעין כשהן יושבין, ותוקעין ומריעין כשהן עומדין? כדי לערבב השטן. Why (do the Jews) blow the shofar...
yehoshua steinbergSep 15, 20163 minEngagement: The Indestructible Vegetable ~The Wonders of the Holy TongueThe root ‘ארש’ (betrothing) appears many times in Scripture, for example: And if a man ארש a wife and has not taken her, let him go and...
rabbirckleinSep 1, 20166 minShavuot: The Festival of Weeks ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinThe Festival of Shavuot is known under many different names. Although these names are all synonyms for the holiday, each name focuses on...