Ruchama Efrati

Ruchama Efrati

3 Articles

Remembering the Half Shekel

When it comes to the holiness in every Jew, we are all equal. Fulfilling the mitzvah of remembering the machatzit hashekel offering assures protection and atonement to each individual and to the Jewish nation as a whole.

Chapter of Man (פרשת המן)

Do you need a good income? The commentators cite the Talmud Yerushalmi that one who recites this chapter on the Tuesday of Parshat Beshalach is assured that his sustenance will not be lacking.

Returning From There

In the middle of a childbirth that was beyond the worst nightmare, she felt her strength ebbing away. "Get me Rav Arush!" she screamed, but the Rav was nowhere to be found…