I. RECAP FROM LAST ARTICLE
In the last edition of the BJL, we discussed the custom of commemorating a yahrtzeit (anniversary of a death) with a meal, known as a “yushvo” that is steeped in the Bukharian Jewish tradition, and has its roots in earlier practices. Initially, it was customary to
In Parshiot Matot-Masei, the Torah recounts the journeys, encampments, and slew of stops along the journey of the Jewish nation in the desert. An
‘The Flight of the Prisoners’ by James Tissot, depicting the Jewish people’s exile after the destruction of the First Temple.
President Biden is missed already. As bad as he was, Vice President Kamala Harris is one hundred times worse. One of her first official acts as
In Parshat Devarim Hashem compares the Jewish nation to heavens’ stars. My father, Rav Yitzchok Fingerer shlit”a, interestingly quotes Rav Chaim of
The Democratic Party base has become overrun with socialist policy stemming from Marxist ideology. For a while, this was tempered by the Party bosses
Not long ago, there was a yeshivah bachur in Haifa, let’s call him Berel, who sought a worthy shidduch. The bachelor was a bit advanced in age at 28
