Happy Rosh Chodeh ADAR!
Purim and Pesach are coming…
Yay!
העורך Editor
Are Your Tefillin Straps Consistently Black?
Especially by the Kesher.
Shulchan Aruch O.C. 33:3:
הלכה למשה מסיני שיהיו הרצועות שחורות
Mishnah Berurah note 19 (see Biur Halacha):
… ודע דאם נתישנו ונתמעך מהן השחרות צריך להשחירן מחדש וכדלעיל בסימן ל”ב סל”ט (א”ה, אולי צ”ל ס”מ) ובמקום הידוק הקשר מצוי מאד להתמעך השחרות ויש ליזהר בזה מאד.
Arizal: There Are ZERO Ishmaelite Converts (and Why)!
See Chida’s “Pnei David” on Lech Lecha (p.32 on HebrewBooks’ version here):
We have written about this in the past.
Is It Too Early for Juvenile Purim Humor?
Q: What do you call a rabbi who cares about Minhag Ashkenaz?
A: “An Amaliker Rav.” (Yiddish)
HILARIOUS In Retrospect…
The story is told Rabbi Sh’ar Yashuv Hacohen visited Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson and mentioned a certain custom of his. Rabbi Schneerson asked him why a Litvak such as himself observed what is, in fact, a Chassidic custom, and Rabbi Hacohen responded by mentioning his grandparents’ roots in Breslov.
To which Rabbi Schneerson asked: Breslov? What kind of Chassidus is that? They don’t have a Rebbe!
The end. Get it?