Miscellaneous Publications of Rabbi Maccabi
Dear all… It is generally believed that a community draws its character and style from the geographical background in which it is positioned. Coming from a hot-tempered middle- east environment, namely: Israel, I expected the Halifax Jewish community to be, somewhat more mild; less bubbly and less warm (for better as for worst) as fitting …
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Impression after four months We are a special family! The Shabbat before Rosh-Chodesh (the first of the month One Friday morning, while sitting in my office, preparing the services for the coming Shabbat I realized we will announce Rosh Chodesh/ the beginning of a new Hebrew month. I love chanting the melody recently composed …
Continue reading ‘Beth Israel Synagogue’s Bulletin – Published 9\12\12’ »
I called this article ‘The Victory of the dreidel’ because of an interesting fact about Chanukah. The Chanukah story, in a nutshell, contains two parts. First – The miraculous military victory of a few priests who never held a sword in their lives, against the mightiest undefeated army of ancient Greece. For this we add …
Wherever and whenever, Jews were always known to be at the head spear with the Mitzvah of Hospitality. Not only as a one-time act, but also with continuous functioning systems to welcome any guest in town, and attend to his needs. Even more so if the newcomers expressed their interest in linking on to …
Continue reading ‘Laws of hospitality – Halifax Shalom Magazine, May 5773’ »
May 14th 1948 – declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel .. “by virtue of our natural and historic right and on the strength of the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly” …. David Ben Gurion – the first to be prime minister of Israel ..declares “the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Israel, to …