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As in the case of Israel and the Torah, so in the case of G-d there are the apparent or conceivable attributes, and the hidden or inconceivable attributes.What is conceivable of the Divine Being is…
So let’s drink whisky, brothers—
let’s hope we live to drink again.
Let’s drink now—enough of eating.
How can you forget about whisky for so long!
If we didn’t have whisky,
how would we live in this…
Even in the past, some thirty to forty years ago, when Jewish life in Russia was still very conservative, there was a difference between those cities and towns located…
A lion drew his final breath,
And animals were bereft by his death.
There was no one to rule the realm,
So everyone wanted to take the helm.
When the animals realized their quandary,
They discussed…
In short, in addition to being affluent, our Reb Hoshea Heffler was also steeped in the holy books. He was a traditional Jew, who could not abide the maskilim, the enlightened ones. He always used to…
I know a town in White Russia [Belarus] on the River Dnieper. Its name is Shklov. I was born there, went to heder there, which is why I know it so well.The flame of life burns calmly there. Nobody…
It has been a long time since things have been this lively in the little Yiddish literary world of Russia. Our young writers have crowned the current period in Jewish life with the name “Cultural…