The recovery of forgotten mesorah and lost minhagim that once flourished in the pre-modern world of safrus
Five decades of children’s choirs, five decades of composition, and Chaim Banet is still in the studio
As I scanned the faces of passengers on the Damascus-bound flight, wondering why all these people were actually flying to war-torn, cratered Syria, one thing I knew: Meeting locals and some political VIPs, walking the streets and market alleyways, and even helping fix the vandalized grave of Rav Chaim Vital, would give me a glimpse
As he spent most of his childhood years in and out of hospitals, Johns Hopkins’ Children’s Center holds a special place for Rabbi Rabinowitz, who
was once a patient there himself. “I knew I could help younger patients with their struggles”
