Menachem Posner

Il significato, le benedizioni e le preghiere del seder di Rosh Hashanà

Why is the city on the banks of the Kinneret in northern Israel called Tiberias?

Why do we not try to make the synagogue candelabrums more like the one in the Temple? After all, isn’t the synagogue supposed to be a miniature Temple?

Do we know anything about Moses’ descendants? Did they enter Israel with everyone else?

When searching for leaven on the night before Passover we carry a candle, a spoon and a feather. Is there a good reason for the spoon and feather?

In II Kings 24:8 it is written, “Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign.” But, in II Chronicles 36:9 we read, “Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign.” How old was he really? Was he eight or eighteen?

Question: We have a very large congregation, and it is hard for everyone to hear the reading of the scroll of Esther (Megillah) properly. Because the use of electricity is allowed on the holiday of Purim (as opposed to Shabbat and other major holidays), ...

Question: My grandmother passed away on her Jewish birthday. A relative said that in Judaism it is considered a particular blessing to die on one’s birthday. Is that correct? Answer: That is indeed the case. The Talmud teaches that Moses passed away on ...

Question: After G‑d forgave the People of Israel for the sin of the Golden Calf, we read in the first verse of Exodus 34, “And the L‑rd said to Moses: ‘Hew for yourself two stone tablets … and I will inscribe upon the tablets the words that were on the ...

At the synagogue, I see that many men remove their prayer shawls (tallit) outside the bathroom. Is that just for convenience or is there something more to it?