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11 Facts About the Jews of Galicia Everyone Should Know
For centuries, it was home to a thriving Jewish community whose unique identity fused chassidic warmth, Torah scholarship, and strong Jewish values.
For centuries, it was home to a thriving Jewish community whose unique identity fused chassidic warmth, Torah scholarship, and strong Jewish values.
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This Preteen Just Schooled the Rabbi in Basic Judaism
By sacrificing our own personal pleasure and time for G-d’s sake, we can accomplish a small part of what our ancestors accomplished by sacrificing their very lives.
By sacrificing our own personal pleasure and time for G-d’s sake, we can accomplish a small part of what our ancestors accomplished by sacrificing their very lives.
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Learning From the Rebbe
Rabbi Tarfon would say: The day is short, the work is much, the workers are lazy, the reward is great, and the Master is pressing... He would also say: It is not incumbent upon you to finish the task, but neither are you free to absolve yourself from it...
— Ethics of the Fathers 2:15-16
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Whenever things got worse, Jews would say, “This is a sign! Moshiach is coming!”
But in those days, a messianic era would have meant a radical change in the natural order of things.
Today, though the human soul sleeps a deep slumber of materialism, the material world itself is prepared.
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