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Rav Judah Mischel

Rav Judah Mischel is executive director of Camp HASC, the Hebrew Academy for Special Children. He is the mashpiah of OU-NCSY, founder of Tzama Nafshi and the author of “Baderech: Along the Path of Teshuva.” Rav Judah lives in Ramat Beit Shemesh with his wife Ora and their family.

Articles by Rav Judah Mischel

Emancipation

Nearly two centuries after his petira, the great leader of world Jewry, Rav Moshe Sofer, “the Chasam Sofer,” remains a paradigm of how impactful a

If Only

Rav Chizkiyahu Mishkovsky, shlita, a prolific educator and talmid chacham, is mashgiach ruchani of Yeshiva Gaon Yaakov and the menahel of Yeshiva Orchos Torah in

Chukas: Lifting a Finger

A maiseh (story) is recounted as part of the Brisker tradition: Rebbetzin Chana, the wife of Rav Eliyahu, the Gaon of Vilna would go door-to-door

‘If Only’

Reb Hirsch Leib Lippel was a respected Breslover chassid and mashpia, one of the unique figures and Baalei Mesorah of Rebbe Nachman’s kevutzah (group) who

On a Mission From God

R’ Yoel (Julius) Klugmann, z”l, was a legendary activist, as well as a confidante to Gedolei Yisrael and respected senior member of the Washington Heights

Remember!

The tzadik Reb Simcha Bunim of Peshischa, zy’a, was one of the most impactful leaders of the Chasidic movement. He led his talmidim along an

A Happy Birthday

Reb Zushe Wilmowsky, zy”a, the legendary chasid, tireless spiritual builder and activist, was affectionately referred to by the Lubavitcher Rebbe as “mein partisan.” During the

Questions

For much of the 19th century, the tzadik Reb Shmuel Salant, zy”a, was the beloved leader of the Yishuv haYashan, the Jewish community in Eretz

Unpacking the Process

The great tzadik of Yerushalayim, Rav Aryeh Levin, zt”l, was the paradigm of kindness, holiness and righteousness. He was a beloved sage who radiated ahavas