Source: (try to ignore her politics...) She took it from HERE ..read more

I don’t know where to begin.   The pain is overwhelming and the wounds are fresh. We lost someone today who was truly a - - חד בדרא a unique individual with a myriad of accomplishments. We lost a real and true בעל יסורים.  Reb Sholomo Carlebach זצ''ל זי''ע endured years of suffering in Germany. He made it to the hallowed shores of America as an orphan – and suffered even more, on a greater, deeper and more existential level. Rav Carlebach was the victim of a מעשה רציחה many decades ago. Although it is public knowledge, we will not delve into the de ..read more

  They seem to be paying the whole Charedi media in Israel to ignore his visit, and some of the English-language media in the USA, but they lost my number. Oh, well. Forgotten for now amidst the HISTORIC visit, for now, is that day of reckoning that's surely coming for the frum media once RSA returns to Eretz Yisroel and things go back to "normal." We all know that the free press in the free world doesn't necessarily lie. But lying by omission; that's a whole different matter!  Let's see what Shabbos brings to the corner of 18th Avenue and 52nd Street in Boro Pa ..read more

This gem was recently sent to me by a guy who noticed this picture on page 172 in the recently-published "Marienbad" by Dovid Leitner of Manchester, England. The picture has no caption. The Leitners are famous for the hotel that they ran in Marienbad, Czechoslovakia. Many of the now-famous pictures of the Rabbonim and Tzaddikim of yesteryear were taken in Marienbad and many of them feature members of the Leitner famly in them. Reb Dovid was kind enough to mention me in the foreword to the book. (See below.)  Hirshel Tzig of America. Has a nice ring to it.  I owe Reb Do ..read more

Did the Ruv בכבודו ובעצמו tell the esteemed editors at the מחנה חרדי to commemorate the Rosh Yeshiva's 20th yohrtzeit? Or did the very enlightened souls on the board come up with this gem? Is this in response to a bit of a Chabad uprising in Belz? I hear there was a wife and her mother that complained recently about their husband/eidem. What does the average Belzer mind think of such a cover and article? I guess they confused him with Menachem Mozes; that's how much they know and care about him, even his name they confused. You might say that this is in line with the gen ..read more

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  פאנל בנושא יהדות טרנסניסטריה  Velvel is Reb Dovid's א קינד...  "Good" Lubavitchers make grand siyum Mesechta Yoma (Daf Yomi!) היועץ החינוכי: עשרות בחורים חסידיים בדרך לרחוב  R' Mottel Zilber unleashes on mainstream Chassidic groups ..read more

It never gets old. No matter how much time has passed, you learn about how the Rebbe had connections to and influenced people all across the Jewish spectrum, even if they officially belonged to the other side. For decades, young Israeli frum readers enjoyed Shmuel Argaman's (Rot) books and magazine serials that gave readers a sense of adventure in a kosher setting. Nothing objectionable ever made it through the pages. Argaman also made sure to put Torah'dige concepts and messages in the books, so that his young readers would be left with a positive message as well, once done reading. Despite ..read more

olim__etmol_235_19_ by Hirshel Tzig on Scribd   Menachem Keren-Kratz, is the author of הקנאי But wait, there's more! Click Here for Additional Lecture Presentation ..read more

Hirshel Tzig · יאקאב - פון יו"ט ערליך (online - Audio - Converter.com)   Today is Reb Yom Tov Erlich's 31st Yohrtzeit ..read more