May 11, 2025

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Rabbi Judah Mischel

Articles by Rabbi Judah Mischel

Mutual Dedication

Rav Chaim of Volozhin was one of the important contributors to the development of Jewish thought and Torah study at the turn of the 19th

Within

Visitors to the historic Kazimierz district—the Jewish quarter of Krakow—are familiar with one of the ghetto’s most iconic places, Isaac Synagogue, on 18 Kupa Street.

Iyar: Continuations

Rav Yehuda Amital, zt”l was a unique visionary and builder of Torah. After his family was killed in Auschwitz, Rav Amital came to Eretz Yisrael,

Redeeming

In a small village, near the town of Kolbasov, there lived a simple Jew who made his living from the kretchma, the little inn that

Offering Oneself

The author of “Avodas Yisrael,” the heilige Maggid of Kozhnitz, Rebbe Yisrael Hopstein, zt”l, learned with the greatest tzaddikim of the generation, was the prize

The Main Thing

Starting on Rosh Chodesh and throughout the month of Nissan, we are given a mitzvah opportunity to recite Birkas Ha’Ilanos, a special blessing over a

From the Fire

In the summer of 1954, great excitement and anticipation filled the streets of Yerushalayim. Agudas Yisrael was about to hold the first major Knessia Gedolah,

Purim: Lech K’nos

In Elul/September 1970, Islamic terrorists, jihadist fedayeen from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine went on a hijacking spree. Four international aircraft, including

Light Versus Darkness

The 18th century gaon and tzaddik, Rabbi Yonasan Eibshitz, produced a massive contribution to the world of Torah scholarship. This included the Kabbalistic masterpieces, sefer

The Joy of Giving

The Yerushalmi tzaddik, Rav Yehuda (“Reb Yudel”) Holtzman was a beloved, humble, quiet and unassuming talmid chacham and baal tzedakah. One afternoon, a Jew knocked

An Eitzah

Rebbe Chaim of Tzanz, the Divrei Chaim, zt”l, was known for his greatness in Torah, righteousness and generosity. His ahavas Yisrael, kindness and compassion was

The Pshat

My dear friend and teacher, Rav Dovid’l Weinberg of Yerushalayim Ir haKodesh related a maaseh about Reb Shalom Rokeach, Der Ershter Rov—the First Rebbe of