July 24, 2026 Tisha B’Av 2026 Avrohom Meir - Mitch Morgenstern Tisha B’av speech at Chabad of East Lakeview Everything I say here is my opinion and my piecing together books, articles, and speeches I have heard during my lifetime. We have been in Galus for 2,000 years. They have been mainly bitter years interspersed …
Week of June 21, 2026
Week of June 21, 2026 Bracha and Isaac Perlstein Wedding - June 21st Chavie and Heshie Hirth Wedding - June 23, 2026 Chanie and Mayer Chase Wedding - June 25, 2026 Sunday - June 21, 2026 Got up at 4:00 AM for our 6:00 AM flight to Newark. Sholom drove us. We have three weddings …
May 15, 2026: The Rabbi’s Daughter
I discovered this lecture and have given it numerous times. It is exceptional. The Rabbi’s Daughter A Lecture by Professor Shnayer Leiman Anything in blue is what I added. https://youtu.be/B075Hu0AXWQ?si=vy4OAx_3WYslklcr January 7, 2015 Congregation Bnei Yeshurn, Teaneck, NJ We now move to the second part of the program, which I cannot introduce at length: A) …
Shabbos Parshas Achrei Mos – Kedoshim
April 26, 2026 Shabbos Parshas Achrei Mos - Kedoshim My Torah Topics Slaughtering a sacrifice to God outside the Temple Area Verses 17:1 through 17:10 The Cohen removing the firepan from inside is white linen garments and never to be used again Verse 16:23 Still in Florida. Got up at 6:00 AM to learn Chumosh. …
Parshas Vayikra – March 21, 2026
I walked to Chabad of East Lakeview. Serka walked me the first two miles. We met Saltzman, who was walking to Chabad of Bucktown. I got there at 10:30 AM. Alan and Izzy sponsored the Kiddush for Alan’s 30th birthday. Izzy is pregnant. Nice crowd, especially when it got closer to the Kiddush. Kiddush was …
March 28, 2026 – Parshas Tzav 2026
Chabad of East Lakeview Gabriella and Matt’s Engagement Almoog Walked to Chabad of East Lakeview. I found out that Matt proposed to Gabriella. I joined with Paul to sponsor the Kiddush in honor of the engagement. They are set to get married on or around Lag B’omer. I did the Haftorah and Musaf. I am …
March 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 2026 March 13, 2026 - Friday night Sholem Zachor of my grandson, son of Rivkie and Mordy Siegal Friday night we ate at home and walked to Mordy and Rivkie’s house for the Sholem Zachur. We arrived at 8:40 PM and the Shalom Zacher had started. …
Parshas Tzavah – Parshas Zachor
February 28, 2026 Setsuzo Kutsuji Lucy S. Dawidowicz - Nancy Sinkoff Rabbi Professor Marcus Jastrow We are still in Florida. This Shabbos finished the book published by Koren, Kotzuji’s Gift: The Daring Rescue of Japan’s Jewish Refugees. The book has a foreword by Rabbi Meir Yaakov Soloveichik. It contains two smaller books. 1) The autobiography …
Shabbos Parshas Beshalach
January 31, 2026 What does סִגְנִיּוֹת - Signeyos Mean The Drowning of the Egyptian Army The Kotzker Rebbe and the Crimean War Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock during Pickett's Charge Chapter 14: verse 24 says: וַֽיְהִי֙ בְּאַשְׁמֹ֣רֶת הַבֹּ֔קֶר וַיַּשְׁקֵ֤ף יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־מַחֲנֵ֣ה מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּעַמּ֥וּד אֵ֖שׁ וְעָנָ֑ן וַיָּ֕הׇם אֵ֖ת מַחֲנֵ֥ה מִצְרָֽיִם׃ At the morning watch, GOD looked …
Exploring Jewish Identity: Lessons from History
February 28, 2026 Parshas Tzavah - Parshas Zachor Setsuzo Kutsuji Lucy S. Dawidowicz - Nancy Sinkoff We are still in Florida. This Shabbos finished the book published by Koren, Kotzuji’s Gift: The Daring Rescue of Japan’s Jewish Refugees. The book has a foreword by Rabbi Meir Yaakov Soloveichik. It contains two smaller books. 1) The …
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