Rabbi Mordechai Leifer of Nadvorna (Nadvirna, Ukraine) was born on the 19th of Iyar 5584 (1824) to Rabbi Yissachar Dov, the first Rebbe of Nadvorna....
Long ago, the mitzvah of blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah was performed during Shacharit—the morning prayer. The Jerusalem Talmud[1] explains that the sages moved...
The Midrash[1] relates the following parable: Once the lion, the king of the animals, became angry with all the animals. The animals consulted each other...
Rabbi Simchah Bunim Bonhardt of Peshischa (Przysucha) was a disciple of The Holy Yid, Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowitz of Peshischa. Both were disciples of the...
This is a story about one of the shluchim (emissaries) of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. It took place in the days when international travel was complicated...