January 7, 2025

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Rabbi Judah Mischel

Articles by Rabbi Judah Mischel

Build!

May 1957, Kfar Chabad: The small fledgling community founded by Russian Lubavitcher immigrants was shaken to the core when Islamic terrorists (“fedayeen”) attacked the village,

‘Baderech’ to Geulah

Rabbi Yisachar Dov Ber of Radoshitz was once baderech (on the road), and spent the night at an inn. In the morning, he rushed to

Next Stop …?

The gaon Rav Yehonoson Eibshitz, zt”l, was a darshan (Torah commentator) dayan (halachic judge) and one of the most accomplished Torah personalities of the 18th

Awake

A young refugee—who had lost his entire family in the Holocaust—and arrived in New York in the mid 1940s, Rav Chaim Tzvi Schwartz was at

From the Dust, Ashreinu

In the rural Ukranian shtetl of Teplik, there was an ehrliche yid—a Breslover chassid—known as “Feivel-Ashreinu.” A sincere and (seemingly) simple tailor—each night, he would

The Snake and the Tzaddik

The great tzaddik, Chacham Eliyahu haKohen haItamari of Izmir (died 1729), was a famed Kabbalist and Dayan who authored more than 30 seforim—including “Sefer Shevet

Gimmel Tammuz: To Serve

A young yeshiva student studying at Yeshivas Kol Torah in Yerushalayim spent day and night learning and reviewing the shiurim. Few spent more time in

When You Light

Rav Chaim Leib Epstein was the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Zichron Meilech in Boro Park for more than 40 years. Having spent the war years

Never Give Up

Before his distinguished 50-year career as a surgeon at Hadassah Hospital, Dr. Nachum Kook was beloved for his righteousness and dedication to the members of

Accepting Rebuke

Orphaned of both parents at a young age, Reb Yehudah Leib Alter was raised by his grandparents, Rebbetzin Feige and Rebbe Yitzchak Meir—the Chidushei HaRim—the

To Stand Upright

Rav Yaakov Galinsky, zt”l—a scion of Yeshivas Novardok in Bialystok—was a traveling maggid and baal mussar, an inspiring speaker and towering personality. In 1939, Rav

Words That Shine

Legendary scholar, educator, author and historian, Rabbi Berel Wein’s rabbinic career spanned Chicago, Miami and the Orthodox Union, before he founded Congregation Bais Tefillah and