“The lion has roared, who will not fear” (Amos:3:8). “אַרְיֵה שָׁאָג, מִי לֹא יִירָא” The Shelah Hakadosh (Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz 1555-1630) suggests that this verse hints to this precise time of year. The word lion, aryeh, should be read as an acronym: Alef = Elul, Resh = Rosh Hashanah, Yud […]

It is not uncommon to find people saying farewell in an airport. People hug each other. Sometimes you will see people wiping away tears. Tonight was totally different. A thousand people came to the airport to say goodbye to Ezra Schwartz z”l who was being flown back for his burial […]

Commenting on the tragedy of the Holocaust, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach once said, ‘It’s not just the number six million. We lost so many holy people’. These words kept circling in my mind the last few days…’its not just the number – we lost so many holy people’. The media reported: […]