Hillel Fuld will tell you upfront: he comes from a family that sweats. Not metaphorically — actually, physically, chronically. And for most of his adult life, that was reason enough to skip the mitzvah of tzitzit almost entirely. One more layer under his shirt in the Israeli heat wasn’t happening. He’s said as much himself,…
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Shlomo Carlebach (1925–1994) is usually introduced as “the singing rebbe,” and fine—he did change the soundtrack of a lot of Jewish life. Still, the music isn’t the whole story. Carlebach had a way of getting under people’s defenses. He could sit with someone who felt allergic to shul, to authority, to anything that smelled “religious,”…
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A talmid of Rav Moshe Feinstein and Rav Soloveitchik, a lifelong builder of Torah institutions, and later a Rav strongly identified with Migdal HaTorah in Modiin and with the question of Har HaBayis.
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R’ Sholom Elazar Moskovitz comes from the Shotz world in Bnei Brak, but on techeiles he clearly took his own route. He is the son of the Shotzer Rebbe in Bnei Brak, and is identified publicly as the rav of Kehillas Naimos HaChaim there. Public notices around family simchos also refer to him as a…
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From TorahAnytime: Rabbi Jonathan Rietti – a descendant of the Sephardic leader the Ben Ish Chai received his rabbinical ordination from Gateshead Yeshiva. He successfully established the Kollel in Gibraltar. He is a master educator and has developed an outstanding and unique curriculum. He is also a Senior lecturer for Gateways. Rabbi Rietti’s old site:…
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The Ribnitzer Rebbe used to tie his own Tzitzis and he ordered his Chulyos differently from the left and right sides. Here is the order. Buy The Ribnitzer Rebbe's Israel Bookshop Publications Bio on Amazon Today!Available in: US | CA FLFRBLBR xxxxxxxx 14343 3434 xxxxxxxx 22222 3333 3333 xxxxxxxx 32222 3333 3333 3333 xxxxxxxx 41111…
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Rabbi Tzfania (Zephania) Drori has been a proud Techeiles wearer for many years.
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ספר פרי עץ חיים – שער הציצית – פרק ד ועתה נבאר כוונת הציצית, דע, כי מן המוחין דאבא הנ”ל של ו”ק המלובשים בנה”י דאבא, מהם היה בחי’ ציץ של כ”ג כנ”ל. אבל מן המוחין דאמא, מבחי’ ו”ק המלובשים בנה”י דאמא כנ”ל, ואלו הם בחינת ציצית, מהם יוצאין ב’ מיני ציצית, הא’ הוא ד’ ציצית…
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Alex Clare did not become known because he set out to be a religious role model. He became known because he made serious music, and then held the line when that career collided with religious life. He grew up in a secular Jewish environment in South London and became Orthodox in his twenties. By the…
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You’ve probably heard it a dozen times at Yeshivat Kisse Rahamim in Bnei Brak: “Go to Rabbi Yehonatan Mazuz when you need clarity and fire in your learning.” He didn’t just stumble into teaching; you see right away that he’s after the guts of every sugyah. Whether he’s unpacking a halachah or tracing a Talmudic…
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