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Sukkah on the Roof in Brooklyn – 1957
By Reb Daniel Lev
My uncle would bring this up every Fall as we munched on our post-Neila break-feast. Between bites of pickled herring and potato knishes, he’d tell us all about his struggle to keep his sukkah. He recounted,… Continue reading
Moshe The Hood Makes Teshuvah
By Reb Daniel Lev
It was unbelievable but true – Moshe the Hood, the biggest crime boss of Poland, wanted to make Teshuva. He was in his 50’s and had lived what some would call a “very evil life” filled… Continue reading
The Princess Who Wanted to See G-d
By Reb Daniel Lev
“Why not!??” yelled the princess, “Why can’t you show me!??” The King looked down at his ten year-old daughter and felt the bittersweet conflict every parent goes through when they want to fulfill their child’s request… Continue reading
Organic Torah: Transcendent Letters
By Rabbi Nathan Margalit
There is an important commentary by the Piazetzner Rebbe in which he talks about getting our spirituality into our whole beings. Though his commentary starts on the story of Noah, it includes a very interesting… Continue reading
The Book of Esther
By Robert J. Littman
The Book of Esther has been called one of the strange books of the Bible. There is no reference to God in the entire book. The story is one of the few books of the Bible… Continue reading
Moshe the Miser
As told by Reb Daniel Lev
Moshe was a wealthy butcher and the town miser – he was so stingy that even the most miserable, and accomplished, beggar would be completely ignored as Moshe walked down the street. Shnorers… Continue reading
The Kabeel’s Donkey – A Children’s Story
By Rabbi Daniel Lev
Once upon a time in old Yemen there was a town where Jews and Muslims lived in peace. It was called Dhamar. The king of Yemen would assign a Mayor (called a Kabeel) to each… Continue reading
The Ba’al Shem Tov Reads A Holy Book
by Rabbi Daniel Lev
The Ba’al Shem Tov, also known by his acronym “BeSHT,” inspired the founding of the Hassidic spiritual movement of the eighteenth century. He brought great innovations into the religious identity and practice of the common… Continue reading