Blog — Ithaca Mishpacha

why did Avrohom refuse to take gifts from the king of sdom- Shlah Hakodosh

ParshaEli SilbersteinOctober 26, 2021Vayeira

ויהיו חיי שרה מ''א 1

Chassidic Thought, ParshaEli SilbersteinOctober 26, 2021Chayei Sarah

אלה תולדות נח נ''א 2

Chassidic Thought, ParshaEli SilbersteinOctober 11, 2021Noach

אלה תולדות נח נ''א 1

Chassidic Thought, ParshaEli SilbersteinOctober 11, 2021Noach

מים רבים ל''ח 2

Parsha, Chassidic ThoughtEli SilbersteinOctober 11, 2021Noach

מים רבים ל''ח 1

Chassidic Thought, ParshaEli SilbersteinOctober 11, 2021Noach

How would the miracle that happened to the pagan king of Sedom strengthen the belief in Avrohom’s miracle

ParshaEli SilbersteinOctober 11, 2021Lech Lecha

Why the holy Rizhener refused to save his life by changing his last name while running from czar’s soldiers - לך לך מבית אביך

Why the holy Rizhener refused to save his life by changing his last name while running from czar’s soldiers - לך לך מבית אביך

Parsha, Our SagesEli SilbersteinOctober 11, 2021Lech Lecha

Nice insight from Reb Levi Yitzchok of Barditchev on וירח ה׳ את ריח הניחוח

ParshaEli SilbersteinOctober 11, 2021Noach

The 3 combinations of the 3 letters of the word צהר - maamar of previous rebbe

Chassidic Thought, ParshaEli SilbersteinOctober 11, 2021Noach

The first possuk in בראשית tells us the foundation of our עבודה in this world - a maamar of the rebbe.

Chassidic Thought, ParshaEli SilbersteinOctober 1, 2021Bereishis

Powerful insight from the Rebbe’s maamar on כנשר יעיר קנו

Chassidic Thought, Parsha, HolidaysEli SilbersteinOctober 1, 2021Haazinu, Ten Days of Tshuva

The deeper meaning of ימצאהו בארץ מדבר - based on the Rebbe’s maamar

Chassidic Thought, Parsha, HolidaysEli SilbersteinOctober 1, 2021Haazinu, Ten Days of Tshuva

Summary of the Rebbe’s maamar השקיפה ממעון קדשך - part 1

Chassidic Thought, ParshaEli SilbersteinSeptember 2, 2021Ki Savo

The Kloyzenburger Rebbes humorous comment on Reb Akiva’s statement about a pagan feeding his father

The Kloyzenburger Rebbes humorous comment on Reb Akiva’s statement that he once witnessed a pagan who tied up His own father and fed him to his dog (cited in Rashi)

ParshaEli SilbersteinAugust 10, 2021Re'eh

The Chasam Sofer’s idea that when eating meat at night and one goes to sleep, no need for 6 hours

The Chasam Sofer’s novel idea that when eating meat at night and one goes to sleep, one does not have to wait 6 hours before drinking milk because digestion is expedited when one sleeps. But he was proven wrong

Halacha, ParshaEli SilbersteinAugust 10, 2021Re'eh

Fascinating Or Hachaim Hakodosh on how the act of killing an entire city of idol worshippers

Fascinating Or Hachaim Hakodosh on how the act of killing an entire city of idol worshippers - עיר הנידחת - will not effect our character

ParshaEli SilbersteinAugust 10, 2021Re'eh

Gevaldig insight and story on how to give tzedaka - Reb Meir Shapiro and Reb Shmelke of Nikleshburg

Stories, ParshaEli SilbersteinAugust 10, 2021Re'eh

Why Hashem tests us - the Alter Rebbe on כי מנסה ה׳ אתכם הישכם אוהבים את ה׳ אם לא

ParshaEli SilbersteinAugust 10, 2021Re'eh

Remarkable explanation of the בעש״ט about our relationship with Moshe

ויאמינו בה׳ ובמשה עבדו - Remarkable explanation of the בעש״ט about our relationship with Moshe and what Chazal mean לגבי משה מילתא זוטרתא היא - cited in תולדות יעקב יוסף

ParshaEli SilbersteinAugust 10, 2021Ekev

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Tzivia Malka bas Rivka Chaya