By Dayan Dovid Grossman | Rosh Bais HaVaad, Lakewood Among the many Minhagim of Hanukkah there are various forms of entertainment gambling. In Eastern Europe, card playing on Hanukkah was a traditional pastime for adults, while the children spun the Dreidel. Many associate this custom with the fact that when the Greeks searched Jewish dwellings for those studying Torah, the … [Read more...]
The Dayan of Yerushalayim: Hacham Yosef Yedid Halevy זצ”ל
A BIT OF HISTORY / דברי הימים One of the giants in Torah and community leadership in the dawn of the 20th century was Hacham Yosef Yedid Halevy זצוק"ל. Hacham Yedid was born in Aleppo in 1867 to his father, Hacham Mordechai – a humble schoolteacher – who taught children the Alef Bet. Hacham Mordechai ע"ה knew all of Tanach and its Arabic translation by heart, and was a master … [Read more...]