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B’Siyata D’Shmaya (With G-d’s Help)
One of the great Rebbes of Israel, about whom hundreds of wondrous stories are told.
Nothing in life is an accident. In Parashas Va’eschanan, we read about the Arei Miklat, the cities of refuge for those who unintentionally killed. This parashah usually falls out immediately following Tishah B’Av and, consequently, shortly before Elul.
It was a stormy night, and a battleship was on exercise at sea. The captain stood on the bridge, peering into the foggy night ahead. Suddenly, he heard the lookout shout from the observation post, “There’s a light on the starboard side!”
In our previous article, we began exploring the uniqueness of Moshe’s prophecy. To review, the Rambam famously formulates thirteen principles of faith that he believes to be the absolute foundational pillars of Jewish belief, emphasizing that every Jew must believe in these principles.
Regional Siyumim on Eruvin Held Around the World
One had to be there to see the simcha, to feel the contagious joy exuding from the senior Gedolei Yisrael to truly appreciate the Torah revolution transpiring since the inception of the popular Amud HaYomi program.
Human beings are creative, intelligent, and powerful, but at the same time, we are incredibly limited:
