Rabbi Binny Freedman
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I once met a fellow who was born in Germany, but managed to get out in 1938, in the nick of time. Some people don’t think of such a person as a survivor in the same way as someone who survived … more
JERUSALEM —A void that can never really be filled; a loss that is much more than personal, it is generational. We have lost the greatest of us, and now we are, truly,  an orphaned … more
Along with all of his students, Rabbi Freedman, Rosh Yeshivat Orayta in Jerusalem’s Old City, attended the leviya on Tuesday for Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein z”tl. In place of a new column, … more
Explosions, gunfire, the sounds of battle, lashab (lechima be’shetach banui) urban warfare. No place to hide, nowhere to run, no time to think.  The army teaches many things; one of the … more
There are moments in life when there are simply no words, when one is meant only to listen. Such moments may occur when sitting in a shiva home, but nowhere as often as when that family is mourning … more
One of the central mitzvoth of Pesach is the injunction not to eat any chametz, or unleavened bread. Instead, we are commanded to eat matzah, the unleavened bread, for the entire week. And whenever we think of matzah we think of Pesach. Less known, however, is the special mitzvah of matzah, which we read of in this week’s portion, which seems to be completely unrelated to the festival of Pesach. more
Thirty years have passed since Dani Moshitz, David (Didi) Cohen and Baruch Stern fell in Lebanon in 1985, and we came together with their families to let them know we had not forgotten. Dani and Didi … more
Jerusalem, 722 BCE: The mightiest army on the face of the earth has surrounded the city, bent on conquest and determined to put an end to the Jewish people once and for all. Approximately 35,000 … more
Sixteen hundred Jews, mostly elderly and families with children, protected by barely two hundred fighters; the odds for the besieged Jewish quarter of the old city of Jerusalem in 1948, were beyond … more
Aong with all the challenging events of this part summer including the terrible kidnapping and murder of Gilad, Eyal and Naftali, I heard an incredible story: A teacher in a resource room for … more
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