by Rabbi Yehuda Lapian | Jan 9, 2025
Holocaust remembrance in the State of Israel is observed on two different dates. The official date is the 27th of Nisan, chosen by the Knesset as it marks the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The date set by the Chief Rabbinate, known as the General Kaddish Day,(Yom Hakadish...
by Rabbi Yitzchak Neria | Dec 15, 2021
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by Rabbi Shai Finkelstein | Jan 16, 2018
Former Rosh Kollel in Memphis (2000-2005) Currently Rabbi of Nitzanim The special status of the 10th of Tevet
by Rabbi Yisrael Shachor | Dec 31, 2014
The month of Tevet was visited by three tragedies that occurred to the Jewish people. On the eighth day the Torah was translated into Greek. On the ninth day Ezra, the Scribe, died. And, on the tenth day the siege of Jerusalem began. It would have been appropriate to...
by Rabbi Moshe Aberman | Dec 24, 2014
Rav Moshe Aberman Former Rosh Kollel in Chicago Tomorrow is the tenth of Tevet, which is known as one of the public fast days. We will try in this column to understand the status of this day and its halachic consequences. Yom Kippur is a Taanit mi’deorita (originating...
by Rabbi Yitzchak Neria | Dec 15, 2007
Rabbi Yitzchak Neria Former Rosh Kollel in Montreal The navi Zechariah says: “Thus said Hashem, Master of Legions, ‘the fast of the fourth [month], the fast of the fifth [month], the fast of the seventh [month], and the fast of the tenth [month] shall be for...
by Rabbi Moshe Spetter | Dec 29, 2006
Rabbi Moshe Spetter Former Rosh Kollel in Greater Washington One of the most tragic events that happened in the month of Tevet was translating the Torah into Greek in the days of Talmai. In the Selichot for the tenth of Tevet we mention this event: “The...
