B”H Rabbi Naftali Zvi Horowitz of Ropshitz (1760 – 1827) says in his commentary on “Tu be’Shevat”: “The month of Shevat is like a healing for the trees”. Here is an intersting lecture on the connection between Tu be’Shevat, Nutrition and Healing: Visit Jewish.TV for more Jewish videos . Read More »

B”H This upcoming Wednesday which is also Tu be’Shevat, a great Chaseneh (wedding) is going to take place in Chassidut Toldot Aharon. The youngest daughter of Rebbe David Kahn is getting married to the grandson of the Satmarer Rosh Beit Din, Rabbi Israel Chaim Menashe Friedman (New York). The groom’s name is Natan Friedman. Read More »

B”H The Givat Sha’ul neighbourhood is one of the city’s haredi areas. All kinds of different Haredim live there. From Litvishe to Chassidim. Years ago, I used to have friends living in the main road Givat Sha’ul Street. People who were actually national religious. Read More »

Dried fruit on the Carmel Markt in Tel Aviv Photo: Miriam Woelke B”H This Tuesday night and Wednesday, the Jewish world is going to celebrate the new year of the trees, the biblical holiday “Tu be’Shevat”. Dried and fresh fruit have to be kosher, meaning that we must check many of the fruit we are going to eat. Read More »

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Kotel Plaza – In front of the Western Wall Photo: Miriam Woelke B”H Tomorrow, I am going to Jerusalem in order to collect material for some Tu be’Shevat articles. For secular Israelis, Tu be’Shevat is very much connected to the fruit of the Land of Israel as well as with the traditional tree planting. Read More »

B”H The Karlin – Stoliner Rebbe is going to celebrate his son’s Bar Mitzvah at Jerusalem’s Binyane’i HaUma tomorrow. Read More »

B”H The Toldot Avraham Yitzchak Rebbe, Rabbi Shmuel Yaakov Kahn, is starting his trip to the US tomorrow. His first stop will be Williamsburgh where he is also going to hold his Tu be’Shevat Tish. Later on, he will be moving on to Boro Park. Read More »

B”H Again, another group of “Kabbalah Center” students a la Madonna came to the grave of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Meron. Various Haredim organized a counter demonstration and said that those “Kabbalistim” eat pork but think that they study Kabbalah. Example: Madonna is meditating on the letter ALEPH and thinks that this is Kabbalah. Read More »

B”H All Israeli ministries are located in Jerusalem accept for the Ministry of Defense. The Defense is located in Tel Aviv, Shaul HaMelech Boulevard / Kaplan Street. Read More »

Seen in Tel Aviv Photo: Miriam Woelke Read More »

At a Sukkot Tish of Rabbi Israel Hager / Bnei Brak Link: Kiryat Vishnitz in Bnei Brak Read More »

In Zfat / Northern Israel: A Beit Midrash and a Mikweh. Synagogue in Zfat. The blue colour is being used in order to keep demons or the evil eye away.I heard that this is a kabbalistic idea but the Arabs actually use the same “blue colour systems”. Read More »

B”H The world loves going against Israel. Facebook User “Wesley Muhammad” published a photo on his Facebook page and thousands of people just jumped on it and spread the picture all over the social media site. However, the picture is a fake and neither shows Israel nor an Israeli soldier. Read More »

B”H The chassidic world this week: Chassidim like to get married in the month of Shevat. Read More »

B”H ” Jewish Israel ” is reporting about Evangelical Christians and their disgusting acts with a Torah scroll. I am not even commentating this, as it is too horrible and shows the mind of those sick fundamenlist Christian sect. Read More »

Enough with the haredi immodesty (regarding certain haredi women walking around dressed in a very modern sense). Read More »

Photo: NASA B”H The Ramban (Nachmanides, Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman Girondi, 1194 – 1270) stated: The whole Torah is G – d’s name. Meaning: In the Torah, G – d has expressed His transcendent being, or at least part or aspect of His being which can be revealed through creation. Read More »

B”H I have started a new series on my German religious blog, as one reader asked me to define various Orthodox groups in Israel. The main difficulty for German Jews seems to be not having a clue about national religious, litvishe, chassidishe, Carlebach, modern – Orthodox and further Orthodox directions. Read More »

B”H If you ever ask me for my most read blog post ever, here is the sad answer: The most hits I am getting on the video of Daniel Pearl’s execution. Throughtout the year and not only on his Yahrzeit (day of death).  Tomorrow, ten years ago, on 1 February 2002, Daniel Pearl was murdered by Islamic terrorists in Pakistan. Read More »