Added: 19th November 2008 Posted By:ourtorah Views: 8 Comments:0
The legendary Jewish scholar, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, can teach Jewish wisdom in a way that is both penetrating and full of feeling. In this video, the Rabbi explains the basics of the Talmud and the transmission of Jewish thought and laws.
Added: 17th November 2008 Posted By:moviejewie Views: 43 Comments:0
The 'Hasidic Steven Spielberg' is torn between his passion for filmmaking and his socially conservative community that frowns upon it. "Film Fanatic" is the story of a man who struggles to make great films while still being accepted by his fellow ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, Jews, who don't...
Added: 16th November 2008 Posted By:isralife Views: 18 Comments:0
Rabbi Meir Lau went from being the youngest survivor from the Buchenwald death camps in Nazi Germany to becoming the Chief Rabbi of the modern State of Israel. Rabbi Israel Meir Lau was born in 1937 in Pyotrekov, Poland. A survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp, he lost both of his parents...
Added: 16th November 2008 Posted By:ourtorah Views: 15 Comments:0
Weekly Torah Portion: Chayei Sara - And Abraham was old, advanced in days (Genesis 24:1) The original Hebrew verse is best translated as, And Abraham was old, arriving in days. Our sages teach us that when a person dies and seeks entry into the next world the days of his life come forward to...