What is More Choice: A Large Etrog or a Small One?
Regarding the etrog, it is known that the Lubavitcher Rebbe would be mehader to take a large etrog, a truly large one—this was an innovation,...
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Leading Like a Lulav
Everyone speaks about the importance of unity, but how do we truly achieve unity? We are all familiar with the well-known Midrash (taught even in...
Sukkot: The Unity of Unities
Walking through the streets of a traditional Jewish neighborhood during Sukkot, one cannot ignore the strange spectacle unfolding before them: the streets fill with people...
Sensitive? The Etrog Challenge
In the words of the sages and in traditional teachings, many parallels are drawn between the Four Species and the organs of the body: the...
Reb Refael David (Dadi) Ben Ami Feinshel: The Black Etrog
On Hoshanah Rabbah (Sukkot) 5781 (2021), Rabbi Ginsburgh’s close friend and student, Reb David Refael Feinshel Ben-Ami, passed away. Dadi, as he was affectionately known,...
From Teshuvah to Redemption – The Secret of the Etrog
בע"ה A Generation of Seekers Our generation is a generation of teshuvah. Teshuvah begins by seeking for the truth, searching for who I am, and...
