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Rabbi Judah Mischel

Articles by Rabbi Judah Mischel

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

Song of the Self

In addition to gadlus in Torah, Rav Mordechai Gifter, zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Telshe yeshiva in Wickliffe, Ohio, was a very kind, sensitive soul and

Mi K’Amcha Yisrael

Reb Shlomo Freifeld, zt”l, the beloved rosh yeshiva and founder of yeshiva “Shor Yashuv,” was a unique talmid chacham, legendary educator and larger-than-life Torah personality

Living With the Times

Two Jews in a train station were waiting on the platform for their scheduled journey. A “maskil” stood reading the daily newspaper, while his fellow

Splendor

One of the primary disciples of Rav Chaim Brisker, Reb Boruch Ber Leibovitz, was a talmud genius of renown and one of the great progenitors

A Hot Knish

Universally beloved and respected for his righteousness and scholarship, Rabbi Yisrael Meir haKohen Kagan, “the Chofetz Chaim,” was both a leading ethicist as well as

Personal Guidance

Rav Pinchas Teitz, zt”l, the legendary teacher and builder of Torah in Elizabeth, New Jersey, was one of the influential educators of the generation. A

Illuminating the World

The author of Pri Haaretz, Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk, zt”l, was considered the primary successor to the path of the Baal Shem Tov after