http://www.jewpi.com Jewish Press International Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:38:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jewpi.com/yaakov-and-eliyahu-1328810285/ http://www.jewpi.com/yaakov-and-eliyahu-1328810285/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:58:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/yaakov-and-eliyahu-1328810285/ Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/tu-beshevat-and-adam-harishon-1328661130/ http://www.jewpi.com/tu-beshevat-and-adam-harishon-1328661130/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:32:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/tu-beshevat-and-adam-harishon-1328661130/ Photo: Miriam Woelke B”H According to Chassidut Breslov, “The New Year of the Trees – Tu be’Shevat” is the day where Jews have the power to rectify the sin of Adam HaRishon. How ? By showing the proper Kavanah while eating the traditional Tu be’Shevat fruit. Furthermore, by saying all the necessary blessings over the [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/chassidut-gur-and-its-sex-takanot-1328650568/ http://www.jewpi.com/chassidut-gur-and-its-sex-takanot-1328650568/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:36:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/chassidut-gur-and-its-sex-takanot-1328650568/ B”H People who are interested in extreme chassidic groups always concentrate on the members of the Edah HaCharedit without realizing that one of the most secret groups is Chassidut Gur and not necessarily the Toldot Aharon. The truth is that no Gerrer Chassid will ever publish the group’s Takanot. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/tu-beshevat-photos-from-israel-1328647698/ http://www.jewpi.com/tu-beshevat-photos-from-israel-1328647698/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:48:18 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/tu-beshevat-photos-from-israel-1328647698/ This is actually no Tu be’Shevat feeling but the Chabad House in the old city of Zfat. As you recognize the yellow Meshiach flag, you can probably guess who resides in there. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/satmarer-rosh-beit-din-rabbi-israel-chaim-menashe-friedman-arriving-in-mea-shearim-1328646971/ http://www.jewpi.com/satmarer-rosh-beit-din-rabbi-israel-chaim-menashe-friedman-arriving-in-mea-shearim-1328646971/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:36:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/satmarer-rosh-beit-din-rabbi-israel-chaim-menashe-friedman-arriving-in-mea-shearim-1328646971/ B”H The Satmarer Rosh Beit Din, Rabbi Israel Chaim Menashe Friedman, arrived in Mea Shearim yesterday. The main purpose for him coming to Israel is the wedding of his grandson Natan to the youngest daughter of the Toldot Aharon Rebbe. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/springtime-in-jerusalem-1328599323/ http://www.jewpi.com/springtime-in-jerusalem-1328599323/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:22:03 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/springtime-in-jerusalem-1328599323/ B”H After a couple days of sunshine, the weather is getting colder and rainy again. Nevertheless, spring has arrived in Jerusalem. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/tu-beshevat-and-healing-1328530697/ http://www.jewpi.com/tu-beshevat-and-healing-1328530697/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:18:17 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/tu-beshevat-and-healing-1328530697/ B”H Rabbi Naftali Zvi Horowitz of Ropshitz (1760 – 1827) says in his commentary on “Tu be’Shevat”: “The month of Shevat is like a healing for the trees”. Here is an intersting lecture on the connection between Tu be’Shevat, Nutrition and Healing: Visit Jewish.TV for more Jewish videos . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/chaseneh-in-toldot-aharon-1328529731/ http://www.jewpi.com/chaseneh-in-toldot-aharon-1328529731/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:02:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/chaseneh-in-toldot-aharon-1328529731/ B”H This upcoming Wednesday which is also Tu be’Shevat, a great Chaseneh (wedding) is going to take place in Chassidut Toldot Aharon. The youngest daughter of Rebbe David Kahn is getting married to the grandson of the Satmarer Rosh Beit Din, Rabbi Israel Chaim Menashe Friedman (New York). The groom’s name is Natan Friedman. Read [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/givat-shaul-jerusalem-1328518094/ http://www.jewpi.com/givat-shaul-jerusalem-1328518094/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:48:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/givat-shaul-jerusalem-1328518094/ B”H The Givat Sha’ul neighbourhood is one of the city’s haredi areas. All kinds of different Haredim live there. From Litvishe to Chassidim. Years ago, I used to have friends living in the main road Givat Sha’ul Street. People who were actually national religious. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/checking-fruit-on-tu-beshevat-1328483652/ http://www.jewpi.com/checking-fruit-on-tu-beshevat-1328483652/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:14:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/checking-fruit-on-tu-beshevat-1328483652/ Dried fruit on the Carmel Markt in Tel Aviv Photo: Miriam Woelke B”H This Tuesday night and Wednesday, the Jewish world is going to celebrate the new year of the trees, the biblical holiday “Tu be’Shevat”. Dried and fresh fruit have to be kosher, meaning that we must check many of the fruit we are [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/palestine-the-deceit-the-lies-and-the-propaganda-1328477045/ http://www.jewpi.com/palestine-the-deceit-the-lies-and-the-propaganda-1328477045/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:24:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/palestine-the-deceit-the-lies-and-the-propaganda-1328477045/ Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/going-to-jerusalem-1328476573/ http://www.jewpi.com/going-to-jerusalem-1328476573/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:16:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/going-to-jerusalem-1328476573/ Kotel Plaza – In front of the Western Wall Photo: Miriam Woelke B”H Tomorrow, I am going to Jerusalem in order to collect material for some Tu be’Shevat articles. For secular Israelis, Tu be’Shevat is very much connected to the fruit of the Land of Israel as well as with the traditional tree planting. Read [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/bar-mitzvah-in-karlin-stolin-1328389822/ http://www.jewpi.com/bar-mitzvah-in-karlin-stolin-1328389822/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:10:22 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/bar-mitzvah-in-karlin-stolin-1328389822/ B”H The Karlin – Stoliner Rebbe is going to celebrate his son’s Bar Mitzvah at Jerusalem’s Binyane’i HaUma tomorrow. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/toldot-avraham-yitzchak-rebbe-travelling-to-the-us-1328388966/ http://www.jewpi.com/toldot-avraham-yitzchak-rebbe-travelling-to-the-us-1328388966/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:56:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/toldot-avraham-yitzchak-rebbe-travelling-to-the-us-1328388966/ B”H The Toldot Avraham Yitzchak Rebbe, Rabbi Shmuel Yaakov Kahn, is starting his trip to the US tomorrow. His first stop will be Williamsburgh where he is also going to hold his Tu be’Shevat Tish. Later on, he will be moving on to Boro Park. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/haredim-against-kabbalah-center-students-in-meron-1328388487/ http://www.jewpi.com/haredim-against-kabbalah-center-students-in-meron-1328388487/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:48:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/haredim-against-kabbalah-center-students-in-meron-1328388487/ B”H Again, another group of “Kabbalah Center” students a la Madonna came to the grave of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Meron. Various Haredim organized a counter demonstration and said that those “Kabbalistim” eat pork but think that they study Kabbalah. Example: Madonna is meditating on the letter ALEPH and thinks that this is Kabbalah. [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-israeli-ministry-of-defense-1328386564/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-israeli-ministry-of-defense-1328386564/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:16:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-israeli-ministry-of-defense-1328386564/ B”H All Israeli ministries are located in Jerusalem accept for the Ministry of Defense. The Defense is located in Tel Aviv, Shaul HaMelech Boulevard / Kaplan Street. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/picture-of-the-day-1328381898/ http://www.jewpi.com/picture-of-the-day-1328381898/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:58:18 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/picture-of-the-day-1328381898/ Seen in Tel Aviv Photo: Miriam Woelke Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/vishnitzer-singing-lubavitcher-song-1328223364/ http://www.jewpi.com/vishnitzer-singing-lubavitcher-song-1328223364/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:56:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/vishnitzer-singing-lubavitcher-song-1328223364/ At a Sukkot Tish of Rabbi Israel Hager / Bnei Brak Link: Kiryat Vishnitz in Bnei Brak Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/midrash-rabbah-on-parashat-beshalach-1328216884/ http://www.jewpi.com/midrash-rabbah-on-parashat-beshalach-1328216884/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:08:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/midrash-rabbah-on-parashat-beshalach-1328216884/ In Zfat / Northern Israel: A Beit Midrash and a Mikweh. Synagogue in Zfat. The blue colour is being used in order to keep demons or the evil eye away.I heard that this is a kabbalistic idea but the Arabs actually use the same “blue colour systems”. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/faked-picture-makes-its-round-on-facebook-1328216294/ http://www.jewpi.com/faked-picture-makes-its-round-on-facebook-1328216294/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:58:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/faked-picture-makes-its-round-on-facebook-1328216294/ B”H The world loves going against Israel. Facebook User “Wesley Muhammad” published a photo on his Facebook page and thousands of people just jumped on it and spread the picture all over the social media site. However, the picture is a fake and neither shows Israel nor an Israeli soldier. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-yiddish-magazin-a-blick-parashat-beshlach-1328215615/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-yiddish-magazin-a-blick-parashat-beshlach-1328215615/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:46:55 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-yiddish-magazin-a-blick-parashat-beshlach-1328215615/ B”H The chassidic world this week: Chassidim like to get married in the month of Shevat. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/christian-missionaries-messing-around-with-torah-scroll-1328214971/ http://www.jewpi.com/christian-missionaries-messing-around-with-torah-scroll-1328214971/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:36:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/christian-missionaries-messing-around-with-torah-scroll-1328214971/ B”H ” Jewish Israel ” is reporting about Evangelical Christians and their disgusting acts with a Torah scroll. I am not even commentating this, as it is too horrible and shows the mind of those sick fundamenlist Christian sect. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/pictures-from-bnei-brak-1328140569/ http://www.jewpi.com/pictures-from-bnei-brak-1328140569/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:56:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/pictures-from-bnei-brak-1328140569/ Enough with the haredi immodesty (regarding certain haredi women walking around dressed in a very modern sense). Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-whole-torah-is-g-ds-name-1328135165/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-whole-torah-is-g-ds-name-1328135165/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:26:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-whole-torah-is-g-ds-name-1328135165/ Photo: NASA B”H The Ramban (Nachmanides, Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman Girondi, 1194 – 1270) stated: The whole Torah is G – d’s name. Meaning: In the Torah, G – d has expressed His transcendent being, or at least part or aspect of His being which can be revealed through creation. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/machon-meir-and-ohr-sameach-1328130611/ http://www.jewpi.com/machon-meir-and-ohr-sameach-1328130611/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:10:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/machon-meir-and-ohr-sameach-1328130611/ B”H I have started a new series on my German religious blog, as one reader asked me to define various Orthodox groups in Israel. The main difficulty for German Jews seems to be not having a clue about national religious, litvishe, chassidishe, Carlebach, modern – Orthodox and further Orthodox directions. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/10th-yahrzeit-of-daniel-pearl-1328039298/ http://www.jewpi.com/10th-yahrzeit-of-daniel-pearl-1328039298/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:48:18 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/10th-yahrzeit-of-daniel-pearl-1328039298/ B”H If you ever ask me for my most read blog post ever, here is the sad answer: The most hits I am getting on the video of Daniel Pearl’s execution. Throughtout the year and not only on his Yahrzeit (day of death).  Tomorrow, ten years ago, on 1 February 2002, Daniel Pearl was murdered [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/shoah-clip-rainbow-in-the-night-1328000891/ http://www.jewpi.com/shoah-clip-rainbow-in-the-night-1328000891/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:08:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/shoah-clip-rainbow-in-the-night-1328000891/   Rainbow in the Night, a short YouTube clip, is a brief but exceptionally powerful video created specifically for today’s fast paced generation. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/tal-law-%d7%97%d7%95%d7%a7-%d7%98%d7%9c-1327962489/ http://www.jewpi.com/tal-law-%d7%97%d7%95%d7%a7-%d7%98%d7%9c-1327962489/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:28:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/tal-law-%d7%97%d7%95%d7%a7-%d7%98%d7%9c-1327962489/ B”H Again, the Israeli government has to decide about the extention of the controversial “ Chok Tal – Tal Law ”: Young male Haredim who are enrolled in Yeshivot are, according to the “Tal Law”, exempt from the army service.  Every time, the law is being discussed anew, all kinds of new / old criticism [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/privacy-on-the-internet-1327953370/ http://www.jewpi.com/privacy-on-the-internet-1327953370/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:56:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/privacy-on-the-internet-1327953370/ B”H  It always shocks me witnessing how much private information people publish on Facebook. Family pictures, phone numbers, relationships or even what they eat. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/what-is-zionism-1327933570/ http://www.jewpi.com/what-is-zionism-1327933570/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:26:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/what-is-zionism-1327933570/ B”H Rabbi Me’ir Kahane is more than a controversial subject. Until today. Many Jews think Kahane was a rassist, too violent or simply too much. Unfortunately, I haven’t had the time writing about Rabbi Me’ir Kahane but my friend “Frumlife” does at the moment: http: //frumlife.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-is-zionism. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/it-is-winter-and-israel-1327929965/ http://www.jewpi.com/it-is-winter-and-israel-1327929965/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:26:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/it-is-winter-and-israel-1327929965/ B”H It is raining and freezing cold in Israel. In Tel Aviv, everything below 20 degrees Celsius is considered “winter”. Although our country needs lots of rain, as the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) has been drying out and now needs 4 meters in order to fill up, after a while, this wet weather is going [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/a-song-by-rabbi-elimelech-of-lizhensk-1327821609/ http://www.jewpi.com/a-song-by-rabbi-elimelech-of-lizhensk-1327821609/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:20:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/a-song-by-rabbi-elimelech-of-lizhensk-1327821609/ This song is credited as composed by the Tzadik Rabbi Reb Elimelech of Lizensk.It was passed down by his famed Talmud the Rabbi Naftul Tzvi of Ropshitz, who then passed it down to his son-in-law Rabbi Usher Shaya of Ropshitz, who passed it down to Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-kotzker-rebbe-on-parashat-bo-1327790646/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-kotzker-rebbe-on-parashat-bo-1327790646/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:44:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-kotzker-rebbe-on-parashat-bo-1327790646/ Photo: Miriam Woelke B”H   Translation: BO – COME  A famous and popular teaching by the Kotzker Rebbe (Rabbi Menachem Mendel Morgensztern, 1787 – 1859):   “Hashem said to Moshe: COME (BO) to Pharaoh … Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/ahallel-amallel-1327787164/ http://www.jewpi.com/ahallel-amallel-1327787164/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:46:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/ahallel-amallel-1327787164/ Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/talmud-chagigah-12a-adam-harishon-1327780696/ http://www.jewpi.com/talmud-chagigah-12a-adam-harishon-1327780696/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:58:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/talmud-chagigah-12a-adam-harishon-1327780696/ B”H  The Talmud Tractate Chagigah 12a teaches that Adam HaRishon (Adam) reached from one end of the earth to the other.  Explanation: Like many Aggadic statements these measurements are not meant literally. Rather, the Gemara refers to the measure of mind. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rabbi-daniel-frish-on-the-%e2%80%9cyetzer-harah%e2%80%9d-1327773614/ http://www.jewpi.com/rabbi-daniel-frish-on-the-%e2%80%9cyetzer-harah%e2%80%9d-1327773614/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:00:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rabbi-daniel-frish-on-the-%e2%80%9cyetzer-harah%e2%80%9d-1327773614/ B”H  Read a previous introduction on Rabbi Daniel Frish here:   http: //shearim.blogspot.com/2012/01/rabbi-daniel-frish-and-his-book-kedusha.html The second chapter of the book “Kedusha veZniut – Holiness and Modesty” written by Rabbi Daniel Frish talks about how a man should free himself from his lust. Getting rid of the animal lust inside of him. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/tel-aviv-the-great-synagogue-by-night-1327614738/ http://www.jewpi.com/tel-aviv-the-great-synagogue-by-night-1327614738/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:52:18 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/tel-aviv-the-great-synagogue-by-night-1327614738/ B”H  A surprise visitor from Jerusalem came to see me in Tel Aviv today. And when friends meet, they go out to eat and have a good cup of coffee. This is what we did.: -) I received some comments and will publish them after Shabbat is over. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/chabad-in-jerusalems-ben-yehudah-street-1327531580/ http://www.jewpi.com/chabad-in-jerusalems-ben-yehudah-street-1327531580/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:46:20 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/chabad-in-jerusalems-ben-yehudah-street-1327531580/ Chabad Meshichisten offering Tefillin to every male Jew. Until a few years ago, the Meshichistim had a center located in Ben Yehudah Street but then moved to a different place nearby. What I didn’t know but one of the Meshichistim told me: The Ben Yehudah group was sent out to Kfar Chabad once in a [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/chassidishe-parashat-bo-1327528572/ http://www.jewpi.com/chassidishe-parashat-bo-1327528572/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:56:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/chassidishe-parashat-bo-1327528572/ B”H Various commentaries on this week’s Parashat BO: Kovetz Beit Aharon Israel from Karlin – Stolin (Hebrew) Ohr Sameach (English) From THE ZOHAR (Hebrew) Chassidut Komarna  (Hebrew) Chassidut Belz / Antwerpen (Yiddish) Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/mk-israel-eichler-expelled-from-knesset-1327525569/ http://www.jewpi.com/mk-israel-eichler-expelled-from-knesset-1327525569/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:06:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/mk-israel-eichler-expelled-from-knesset-1327525569/ B”H Knesset member, Rabbi Israel Eichler (Chassidut Belz), was expelled from the Knesset this afternoon, when he called leftist Zipi Livni (head of the Kadima party) an ENEMY (to Haredim). As a matter of fact, Zipi Livni has been trying to make propaganda against haredi society. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/picture-of-the-day-at-the-kotel-1327482966/ http://www.jewpi.com/picture-of-the-day-at-the-kotel-1327482966/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:16:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/picture-of-the-day-at-the-kotel-1327482966/ Source: HNN Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/comments-on-chabad-1327482006/ http://www.jewpi.com/comments-on-chabad-1327482006/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:00:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/comments-on-chabad-1327482006/ B”H For some time now, another blogger has been flooding me with comments on Chassidut Chabad. I am not willing to publish long comments from Chabad books or endless comments by Chabad members. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/after-the-burnout-1327448169/ http://www.jewpi.com/after-the-burnout-1327448169/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:36:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/after-the-burnout-1327448169/ Cartoon: Google Images B”H  Exactly one year ago, I was suffering from a severe burnout attack. Besides work, I couldn’t do anything else anymore. Depression, work, depression, work. Although many people claim that they are unable to sleep while suffering from a burnout, I was always able to sleep. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/haredi-street-sign-1327447563/ http://www.jewpi.com/haredi-street-sign-1327447563/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:26:03 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/haredi-street-sign-1327447563/ Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/gender-separation-on-israeli-buses-problem-solved-1327446844/ http://www.jewpi.com/gender-separation-on-israeli-buses-problem-solved-1327446844/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:14:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/gender-separation-on-israeli-buses-problem-solved-1327446844/ Ladies upstairs, men downstairs. Source: Manishmah.Com Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rosh-chodesh-shevat-%d7%a9%d7%91%d7%98-1327432718/ http://www.jewpi.com/rosh-chodesh-shevat-%d7%a9%d7%91%d7%98-1327432718/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:18:38 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rosh-chodesh-shevat-%d7%a9%d7%91%d7%98-1327432718/ Photo: Miriam Woelke B”H Starting tonight, we are going to celebrate “Rosh Chodesh”, meaning the beginning of the new Jewish month of SHEVAT.  The month of Shevat already hints to the upcoming spring although, many times, it doesn’t look so at first sight. The weather forecast for the upcoming days of the week will be [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/fish-have-to-be-kosher-1327364668/ http://www.jewpi.com/fish-have-to-be-kosher-1327364668/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:24:29 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/fish-have-to-be-kosher-1327364668/  Fish baked in coconut milk Photo + Recipes: Mimi’s Israeli Kitchen B”H  In Sefer Vayikra (Leviticus), G – d is giving the Kashrut (kosher) laws to the Jewish people because He wants His people to eat kosher food. For instance, the Jewish Kabbalah explains that kosher food influences our souls in a positive way. Read [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/tel-aviv-diaspora-museum-is-opening-an-exhibition-on-eichmann-kidnapping-and-trial-1327356604/ http://www.jewpi.com/tel-aviv-diaspora-museum-is-opening-an-exhibition-on-eichmann-kidnapping-and-trial-1327356604/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:10:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/tel-aviv-diaspora-museum-is-opening-an-exhibition-on-eichmann-kidnapping-and-trial-1327356604/ B”H At the beginning of February 2012, the “ Diaspora Museum – Beit HaTefuzot ” located in Tel Aviv, is going to open an exhibition on the SS – murderer Adolf Eichmann. Furthermore, the Mossad is releasing secret documents to the wider public. Those documents will also be shown at the exhibition. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/a-little-gur-ger-propaganda-1327316175/ http://www.jewpi.com/a-little-gur-ger-propaganda-1327316175/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:56:15 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/a-little-gur-ger-propaganda-1327316175/ B”H  Chassidut GUR (Yiddish: GER) is the largest chassidic group in Israel. The Gerrer Rebbe lives in Bnei Brak but his largest Beit Midrash is located in Jerusalem. When you speak to a Gerrer Chassid and mention the Belzer, he will tell you that Gur is much more important than any Belzer or Vishnitzer in [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/chassidim-in-the-holocaust-and-germanys-media-reports-1327315446/ http://www.jewpi.com/chassidim-in-the-holocaust-and-germanys-media-reports-1327315446/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:44:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/chassidim-in-the-holocaust-and-germanys-media-reports-1327315446/ B”H  This Friday, 27th January, the world is going to commemorate those millions of Jews who were killed by the Nazis during the Third Reich. On the one hand, Germany’s media has been reporting against Faschism, Hitler, “Wannsee – Conference” and anything connected to the crimes carried out between 1933 – 1945. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rambam-knowing-g-d-1327277526/ http://www.jewpi.com/rambam-knowing-g-d-1327277526/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:12:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rambam-knowing-g-d-1327277526/ B”H  The Rambam (Maimonides, Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, 1135 – 1204) lists in his “Mishna Torah” various basic Jewish principles. Already in the first paragraph of the Mishna Torah Tractate “Sefer Mada”, the Rambam states that the fundamental Jewish concept is to “know” G – d . “To know that G – d exists. Read [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/who-is-eli-yishai-1327222572/ http://www.jewpi.com/who-is-eli-yishai-1327222572/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:56:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/who-is-eli-yishai-1327222572/ B”H An Israeli documentary on the Israeli Sephardi – haredi SHASS politician ELI YISHAI. The documentary is in Hebrew only ! http: //www.bhol.co.il/article. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/escape-from-sobibor-1327184055/ http://www.jewpi.com/escape-from-sobibor-1327184055/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:14:15 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/escape-from-sobibor-1327184055/ B”H  On 27th January, the world, or, at least, parts of it, commemorate the liberation of the German Death Camp Auschwitz. Today, the day is called “Holocaust Remembrance Day”.  Due to the upcoming event I am putting the famous movie ” Escape from Sobibor ” into the Blog. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/i-am-jewish-1327173390/ http://www.jewpi.com/i-am-jewish-1327173390/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:16:30 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/i-am-jewish-1327173390/ B”H  This is a great video every Jew should watch. May you agree or not, it does arouse a lot of Jewish pride in yourself.  http: //www.youtube. 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Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/brooklyn-christian-missionaries-target-haredim-1327046776/ http://www.jewpi.com/brooklyn-christian-missionaries-target-haredim-1327046776/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:06:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/brooklyn-christian-missionaries-target-haredim-1327046776/ B”H   It is always surprising how Christian missionaries love to turn around Jewish ideologies in order to justify their own ridiculous self – invented idol – worship religion.  Now missionaries are planning to build a new center in Flatbush / New York . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/parashat-vaera-small-and-big-miracles-1327009567/ http://www.jewpi.com/parashat-vaera-small-and-big-miracles-1327009567/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:46:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/parashat-vaera-small-and-big-miracles-1327009567/  Seen in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City in Jerusalem Photo: Miriam Woelke   B”H At the beginning of this week’s Torah Parasha, Parashat VA’ERA, G – d informs Moshe that the forefathers Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov only new one of His names: E – L  SHAD – DAI. 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