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THIS WEEK'S CHASSIDIC/KABBALAH STORY from R. YERACHMIEL TILLES # 1500 (for a free weekly email subscription, click here )
My dear husband, others in your situation travel to England, and some even as far as America, and they return with substantial sums. Yet for you, going from Meah Shearim to nearby Zichron Moshe is as though you were traveling to the end of the world!
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25 ELUL 5786 / Sept. 7, 2026
We are told many meanings of the shofar-blowing. In fact, the leading Jewish sage in the tenth century C.E., Saddia Gaon, listed ten major ones, each with a scriptural basis. Rabbi Saddia explained that the sound of the shofar should call to mind. They are:
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THIS WEEK'S ESSAY FROM RABBI SHAUL YOSEF LEITER (for a free weekly email subscription, click here )
When a person thinks deeply about what G-d gave him, he realizes that he has yet to fulfill all his obligations to G-d. This is the broken heart of Rosh Hashana that comes with the happy heart of Shabbat that prepares us for this special day.
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Kabbalistic Books by Ascent Staff
- " Festivals of the Full Moon " (Koren)If you enjoyed Saturday Night Full Moon" , you're sure to want its sequel. Another collection of intriguing Stories of Kabbalah Sages, Chasidic Masters and other Jewish Heroes by Ascent's storymaster, Yerachmiel Tilles.
- Available now at Ascent of Safed. Read Reviews
- "Apples from the Orchard"OUT OF PRINT; now in its 3rd 4th printing ! Deep mystical insights from the teachings of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria on the Weekly Torah, translated into English by Moshe-Yakov Wisnefsky.
- Read a review of this important English Kabbalah book .
- "GPS for the Soul"A summary of lessons conducted at the Ascent Institute in Safed by Nadav Cohen on the first 12 chapters of the Tanya, on its themes, including stories and examples.
- Read a review of this book .
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