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Chazal tell us that the Jews enjoyed their participation in the feast of Achashveirosh – a feast established as a celebration of the fact that the Jewish nation had not returned from exile and that Hashem had apparently abandoned His people (Maseches Megillah 12a). Before this incident, the Jewish people were content to live their lives in galus within the Persian Empire and did not long to return to Eretz Yisrael nor rebuild the Temple.

The Zohar tells us that Yom Kippur, the most spiritual day of the year, is really, Yom k’Purim, which means “a day like Purim.” (Tikunei Zohar 21: 57b)

This past Monday, February 15, K’hal Adas Yereim in Kew Gardens continued its tradition of hosting a legal holiday Yarchei Kallah event. The institution, also known as the Wolpin Shul, is the structure that Rabbi Shlomo Teilelbaum zt”l built.

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“We have to make the bracha of Shehechiyanu on such a sefer!” exclaimed HaGaon HaRav Yitzchok Sorotzkin, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva of Telshe and the Lakewood Mesivta, when he saw the new Sefer Hamafteiach on the Mishnah Berurah that Dirshu has just released.

Here are some questions often asked of credit restoration specialists Shalvah Schottenfeld and Rachel Collins of Slate Group Credit LLC, based in Kew Gardens.

  The Agudath Israel of Kew Gardens Hills, and I as its secretary, scored a decisive win along with the Agudath Israel of America and other affiliates against Governor Andrew Cuomo that once and for all barred his infamous Executive Order 202.68 placing restrictions on houses of worship. Chol HaMoed Sukkos may seem long ago, but it was then that this peaceful and orderly clash with government began.