Mishpacha Magazine By Libi Astaire He had a birthday coming up – one of those big, milestone birthdays – and his wife asked him how he wanted to mark the occasion. Go to a fancy restaurant? Go away for Shabbos? Then a friend mentioned that his family could commission a Torah scholar to learn Mishnah on his behalf. Learn Mishnah? For his birthday? “Sure,” replied his friend. “It’s [...]
Binah It happened whenever Leah returned home from a class gathering or reunion. She would enter the house, stop for a brief moment at the front closet to hang her coat, and then make a beeline for her bedroom. She wanted to be alone; she had to be alone. It didn’t get easier with the passing years. On the contrary, it got harder and harder. Her imagination watched [...]
Five Towns Jewish Times Anna Preisand was a single woman from Atlanta, Georgia. For many years, Anna devotedly cared for her ill sister, tending to her every need. When the day finally came that her sister passed on from this world, Anna sought to provide her with one final gift: the gift of merit for the soul in the Hereafter. Anna approached the principal of her local day [...]
Hamodia The drive from Lakewood to Teaneck is a long one, and yungeleit usually only attempt it—often somewhat reluctantly—for family get-togethers. What, then, could have motivated more than a minyan of worthy yungeleit to make the trip for a simchah, in which they were unrelated to and barely even acquainted with the hosts? An unusual occurrence, perhaps—but not any more unusual than the nature of the simchah itself. The R. family, originally of El Paso, Texas, today [...]
The Jewish Press LAKEWOOD, New Jersey The Society for Mishnah Study commissions scholars to study the oral law for people who have recently lost a loved one. According to Jewish practice, studying the Mishnah can be a tremendous gift for the departed soul. The institute works with families when suddenly thrust into mourning and overwhelmed with emotional turmoil. Within the customs and traditions of the Jewish mourning period [...]
American Jewish Spirit Jewish tradition has always taught the eternity of the soul. We have also always believed that there is much that we can do for the benefit of those souls no longer in this world (see the book Remember My Soul by Lori Palatnik). Among the deeply meaningful activities most widely appreciated is the study of the part of the Torah called Mishnah for the merit of the departed. Mishnah, which [...]
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