Travelers to “Mama Rochel”
Date of Passing: 11-Cheshvan. Traveling to Mother Rochel is like coming for a family visit, to talk to 'Mama Rochel' ...
Tal Rotem
Tal Rotem
Rebirth of the Judean Flute
Rabbi Lazer Brody commissioned Shilo flute-craftsmen Joe Bazer to build him a replica of the exact same flute that was played in the Holy Temple; it sounds exquisite…
Breslever Shabbat Songs
The Breslev Chassidic movement is famous for its treasury of rich and varied melodies. Music has always held a central part in the Breslev community…
Shulem Lemmer’s Home Runs
Chassidic singer Shulem Lemmer is making history. If music were baseball, he'd be hitting musical home-runs out of the ball park, one after the other…
Ki Nicham (For Hashem Has Comforted)
Yosef Zev Braver's single, composed and arranged by Yanki Cohen. "Ki Nicham" - Hashem has comforted Zion…
The First Haircut
Chassidim as well as other Orthodox Jews wait until a male child reaches the age of three before his first haircut, during a ceremony known as the Chalakeh...
G-d of Rebbe Meir, Answer Me!
Pesach Sheni, the fourteenth of Iyar, is also the yahrtzeit of Rebbe Meir Baal HaNess, whose ability to invoke miracles is still at our disposal today…
David and the Syrian Goliath
Tel Facher was the site of an impregnable Syrian bunker, which made the lives of Galilee residents miserable for almost two decades…
Aliya – Why so Tough?
Many of those who have made abortive Aliya attempts come back to the West and tell horror stories that scare away anyone other than the lion-hearted who long for Zion…
Loving Lenience
The young man was adamant - he wanted a divorce! His wife had failed failed to observe the gebroks custom; she let a few drops of water touch a piece of matza...
Rebbe Nachman’s Stories: The Main Course
True spirituality, like everything else good in life, is not built in a day. Whatever you do, don't leave the table - the delicacies are on the way…
Rosh Chodesh Nissan: Blessing of the Trees
On Rosh Chodesh Nissan, we begin to say Birkat Hailanot, the blessing of the trees. It's also Rebbe Nachman's birthday. What's the connection between the two?