You don’t need to be in Brooklyn to learn from Rabbi Eli Mansour. But if you are, chances are you’ve heard him live—clear, steady, and straight to the heart. Born in 1968 and raised in Brooklyn’s Syrian Sephardic community, Rabbi Mansour’s path took him from local yeshivot like Magen David and Shaare Torah, to serious…
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Article reporting on HaRav Herzog’s missing Techelet Tallis in which the Radzyn hasidim are implicated for theft. Please note that this article presents an account that is highly questionable and contradicts everything known about Rabbi Herzog’s stance on Techeiles. Rabbi Herzog’s doctoral thesis, ‘Semitic Porphyrology’ (1913), extensively documents how scientific analysis disproved the cuttlefish dye…
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From his website: Rabbi Yonatan Halevy, affectionately known as Rabbi Yoni, is the Rabbi and Spiritual leader of Kehillat Shaar HaShamayim. Brief Biographical Sketch Rabbi Yonatan studied at the Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore, Maryland, for five years, before pursuing his Rabbinical Ordination at the Sheheber Sephardic Center in Jerusalem. Rabbi Yonatan received his…
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There’s something about Shlomo Katz that makes you stop what you’re doing and just… listen. Maybe it’s the way he carries a melody like it’s a midrash. Maybe it’s how his singing doesn’t end with music—it spills over into the rest of life. Either way, once you’ve heard him live—or even through headphones on a…
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Obelisk_of_Shalmaneser_III: The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III is a black limestone Assyrian sculpture with many scenes in bas-relief and inscriptions. It comes from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), in northern Iraq, and commemorates the deeds of King Shalmaneser III (reigned 858–824 BC). It is on display at the British Museum in London, and several other museums…
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Seen at the MET in 2006.
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לכבוד ולתפארת שיהיה נכבד ומפואר במלבושים נכבדים ומפוארים, כמו שאמר הכתוב כחתן יכהן פאר (ישעיה סא י), כי אלה הבגדים לבושי מלכות הן, כדמותן ילבשו המלכים בזמן התורה, כמו שמצינו בכתנת ועשה לו כתנת פסים (בראשית לז ג), שפירושו מרוקמת כדמות פסים, והיא כתונת תשבץ כמו שפירשתי (רמב”ן על שמות כ״ה:ז׳), והלבישו כבן מלכי קדם.…
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This set not only shows Justinian and Theodosius in their glory, but also a group of people with clear fringes on their garments.
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