by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Haber | Oct 7, 2009
Overview The seventh day of Sukkos is known as Hoshana Rabbah, the day of many Hoshanos (or Hosanna’s). We will attempt to shed some light on the practices of the day. The origins of Hoshana Rabbah are in the Mishnah (Sukkah 4:5) which informs us that the custom was...
by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Haber | May 22, 2009
This post was written on the yahrtzeit of my grandfather Matisyahu ben Chaim Rafael and is dedicated to his memory. May his neshama have an aliyah There is a widespread custom to stay up all night on Shavous and study Torah. There is an interesting history to this...
