Reb Shea shouldered the burden of sharing the story of the great destruction of Jewish history in Europe, a mandate he received from one of the greatest tzaddikim murdered at the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Rav Shulem Leizer Halberstam of Ratzfert
American Jews now found themselves caught between their desire to express solidarity with the nation and reverence for Lincoln, and the need to observe the traditions of their faith
It wasn’t a new item of clothing or a hard-to-obtain food item that he coveted; rather, it was a list of seforim
In his gentle yet forceful way the honorable President Rosenthal stirred the hearts of our Jewish brethren to donate money to purchase a permanent home for the Talmud Torah
The rights to lighting the Lag B’omer fire in Meron from the Sephardic rabbinical elders of Tzfas
The Chofetz Chaim spent significant time in Warsaw to oversee the publication of Mishnah Berurah
