Blog — Ithaca Mishpacha

The difference in approach between other chassidic sources and Chabad re the uniqueness of Hoshana Rabbah. The brochos from Above vs. the Avodah of the Jew.

Chassidic Thought, HolidaysEli SilbersteinOctober 14, 2020Sukkos

The celebration of the ערבה on הושענה רבה - a powerful insight from the Rebbe

Chassidic Thought, HolidaysEli SilbersteinOctober 14, 2020Sukkos

Geshmaker insight in the first משנה in 3rd perek of סוכה that לולב הגזול פסול - from the sefer תפארת שלמה

Chassidic Thought, Halacha, HolidaysEli SilbersteinOctober 14, 2020Sukkos

How Sukkah and Lulav celebrate 2 different aspects of our relationship with Hashem

How Sukkah and Lulav celebrate 2 different aspects of our relationship with Hashem - A fascinating interplay between the Halachic (Nigleh) aspects of those mitzvas and their Mystical dimensions

Chassidic Thought, Halacha, HolidaysEli SilbersteinOctober 14, 2020Sukkos

Fascinating Halachic question about a jew who built a sukkah in a concentration camp

Fascinating Halachic question about a jew who built a sukkah in a concentration camp shortly before sundown on Erev Sukkos and ate a Kezayis after dark and immediately deconstructed the sukkah

Halacha, Holidays, StoriesEli SilbersteinOctober 14, 2020Sukkos

Fantastic story with a Jew who turned his hat into a Sukkah and Holy Rizhener’s reaction

Holidays, StoriesEli SilbersteinOctober 14, 2020Sukkos

Reb Yochanan ben Zakai’s teaching about our relationship with the בית המקדש

Why did ר׳ יוחנן בן זכאי enact 2 traditions in one day - shaking the lulav for 7 days and refrain from eating חדש till the end of the 16th of Nissan? Fascinating insight into our relationship with the בית המקדש

HolidaysEli SilbersteinOctober 14, 2020Sukkos

Reb Elimelech’s ‘׳עבירות on motzei Yom Kippur

Holidays, StoriesEli SilbersteinOctober 14, 2020Yom Kippur

An ערב יום כיפור story of a tailor, an officer and a fish - from the מדרש and it’s deeper meaning as explained by כלי יקר, חתם סופר and חסידות

Chassidic Thought, Holidays, MidrashEli SilbersteinOctober 14, 2020Yom Kippur

Rebbe Maharash - 5 levels of tshuva. yom kippur the body delights in Elokus

Chassidic Thought, HolidaysEli SilbersteinOctober 14, 2020Yom Kippur, Elul, Ten Days of Tshuva

Amazing analogy between a Mikvah and the purification through Tshuva - From the Rebbe

Chassidic Thought, HolidaysEli SilbersteinOctober 14, 2020Yom Kippur

‘Hashem resembles a Mikvah’ - fascinating insight of the Rebbe on the last משנה in מסכת יומא

Chassidic Thought, HolidaysEli SilbersteinOctober 14, 2020Yom Kippur

Remarkable explanation by the Tzemach Tzedek as to why Kol Nidre became the introduction to the whole mood of Yom Kippur

Holidays, Chassidic ThoughtEli SilbersteinOctober 14, 2020Yom Kippur

A tale of 2 Chazanim from the city of Kremenchug - told by Reb Saadiah Liberov - The inspiring prayers on Rosh Hashana of the legendary chossid Reb Yisroel Noach Belinitzky

A tale of 2 Chazanim from the city of Kremenchug - told by the illustrous chossid Reb Saadiah Liberov - The inspiring prayers on Rosh Hashana of the legendary chossid Reb Yisroel Noach Belinitzky

Stories, HolidaysEli SilbersteinOctober 14, 2020Rosh Hashana