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This Day in History – February 12/17 Shevat
In 5180/1420, Purim of Saragossa was established because of a miracle in the Jewish community of Saragossa, Spain. Saragossa had 12 kehillos comprised of thousands of Jews. Their minhag was…
Sudoku – February 12, 2020
Catapostrophe
All hail the conquered hero. A battle-weary wordslinger has hung up his guns. Too young to remember the Old West? “Hang up your guns” means “to put aside in disuse;…
Nichum Aveilim – January 29/3 Shevat
Computer Equipment
Sudoku – January 29, 2020
This Day in History – January 29/3 Shevat
In 4762/1002, Jews attending a levayah were attacked in Fostat, Egypt. In 5693/1933, Adolf Hitler, ym”sh, was appointed chancellor of Germany. Yahrtzeiten 5351/1591, Harav Yosef Katz, zt”l, mechaber of She’eiris…
Sudoku – January 22, 2020
This Day in History – January 22/25 Teves
In 5319/1559, the first edition of Chovos Halevavos was published in Italy. In 5478/1717, Frankfurt’s Jewish streets and shuls were burned down and many Jewish valuables destroyed or confiscated. This…
On The Edge
Sudoku – January 15, 2020
It’s T Time
This Day in History – January 8/11 Teves
In 5408/1647, the Jews of Mezhibuzh were saved from a Cossack pogrom during Gezeiros Tach v’Tat, thanks to a Jew by the name of Mordechai, whose wife was Esther. Henceforth,…
Sudoku – January 8, 2020
This Day in History – January 1/4 Teves
5700 /1939, Jews were excluded by the Nazis from all employment benefits. Yahrtzeiten 5490/1729, Harav Moshe Zev Bialystock, zt”l, mechaber of Mar’os Hatzovos 5651/1890, Harav Gershon Henoch Leiner of Radzin,…
Brief Words About Words
Sudoku – January 1, 2020
Nichum Aveilim – December 19/21 Kislev
Root Around for Winter Vegetables
We tend to classify them all together, but winter vegetables are not always the same as root vegetables. Nevertheless, these veggies deserve our attention during these cold winter months. Take…