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BY HARAV NECHEMIA PINKESOVIC Harav Yosef Yehudah was a member of the inner circle of the Maggid of Mezeritch and Harav Yaakov Yosef of Polnoye. While he was living in…
A true story, as told to RINA BERMAN Though I didn’t know it at the time, my ordeal began when my husband inherited some stocks from his grandfather, z”l, and…
BY MORDECHAI SCHMUTTER A new study in Britain says that driving makes people less intelligent. And I say, “Baruch Hashem.” I thought it was just me. But that does explain…
BY MRS. ROCHEL (SAMUELS) GURION My grandmother, who is less than five feet in height, is the tallest person I know. Tall in perseverance, in emotional strength, in service of…
BY SHOSHANA CHEN (SHENKER) I had the best teacher in the world for coping with life. And with death. Chani Weinroth, a”h, who fought against cancer for a decade and…
BY D. COHEN Reb Avrohom Meir Carlebach needed a job. It was time to move on after four years of working in property management, his first job after six years…
By RABBI SHMUEL ALBERT Spring 5705/1945 They were a nation of survivors, one from a city, two from a family, in small clusters here and there throughout Poland and Eastern…
By YOSEF GESSER Would the Rav please provide a bit of background information? I was born in Syracuse, New York; my parents are Rabbi Moshe and Faige Brody. My…
By MIRIAM GOTTLIEB Change, especially drastic change, sometimes emerges from a clearly identifiable epiphany or watershed moment, causing a “wow” effect and, of course, making for a great story. But…
By GUR ARYEH HERZIG Meet Dr. Edward Halperin, chancellor and chief executive officer of Touro’s New York Medical College — medical historian, pediatric radiation oncologist and idealist, who expects much…
As Told to ESTHER GROSSMAN In the spirit of Chanukah, we present the heroic struggle of a young girl who fought to free herself from the shackles of her secular…
By RUCHY TWERSKI The dreidel, the spinning top used to distract the Greek soldiers during the Chanukah era, symbolizes much more than merely a toy from the pages of a…
By Surela Spielman If you were to name one food you feel the Chanukah industry is missing, would latke ices come to mind? If you would want to innovate one…
By Rabbi Y.Y. Rubinstein White, yellow, red, blue… a flame flickers and leaps up, as though trying to break free from the wick and oil that fuel its dance. There…
As Told to ESTY MENDLOWITZ Jews have lived a problematic existence in Greece for over 2,000 years, sustaining their most devastating destruction during humanity’s flight from sanity: The Holocaust. Prof.…
By TOBY ORLANDER THALER As the flames of the menorah do their dance, sizzling on their cork pods, giving off a faint olive-oil scent, mingling with the aroma of freshly…
By DINI HARRIS “Anyone immigrating to America is a sinner, because in America the Talmud is trodden underfoot. It was not only home that many Jews left behind in Europe,…
By CHASIDA TEICHMAN The young couple got married in November, and they were scheduled to fly to Eretz Yisrael shortly afterward to start their married life in the holiest of…
BY RABBI TUVIA FREUND Four years ago, the Mashgiach, Harav Dov Yaffe, zt”l, who passed away several weeks ago, spoke to Hamodia about his personal experiences and interactions with the…
BY RAFAEL HOFFMAN Almost 80 years after the petirah of Harav Baruch Ber Leibowitz, zt”l, and over 50 years since the publication of the last editions of his sefer, Birkas…