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The miracle mikveh of the Baal Shem Tov wasn’t the only mass pilgrimage destination for chassidic Jewry in interwar Eastern Europe
Dovi Safier
Dovi Safier is a business professional who enjoys researching unexplored chapters of Jewish history, with a primary focus on the yeshivos of the interwar period.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2020
While the Daf Yomi idea may have originated with Rav Meir Shapiro, a plan for affordable housing may have had its origins with his American cousin
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Wednesday, August 12, 2020
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020
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Sixty years after the capture and trial of Nazi henchman Adolf Eichmann, a hidden story comes to light
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Wednesday, July 22, 2020
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Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Rav Boruch Ber was maspid the Meitsheter Illui before an estimated 15,000 people
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Wednesday, July 08, 2020
The Vancouver memorial’s keynote speaker was Rabbi Baruch Shapiro of Congregation Machzikay Hadath in nearby Seattle
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Wednesday, July 01, 2020
His dream was to build a living monument to the litvish Torah world decimated in the Holocaust
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Wednesday, June 24, 2020
The yeshivah thrived in Detroit for more than a decade
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Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Shedding light on one of the most historic moments of the chassidic movement: Rav Yisroel of Ruzhin’s daring escape from Russia to his rebuilding in Sadigura
