MAY YOU EXPERIENCE A MERRY MONTH OF ADAR!

 

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March 20 UPCOMING Jewish Month: NISSAN 5783 (March 22, evening - April 21)
March 20

Chasidut/Kabbalah: An essay on this week's Torah reading, Vayikra-Rosh Chodesh, by Rabbi Shaul Yosef Leiter, Executive Director of ASCENT
March 20

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "This Month's for You" (Rosh Chodesh Nissan)
March 20

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "The Original New Moon" (Rosh Chodesh Nissan)
March 20

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Offering Yourself" (Vayikra)
March 20 MORE on this week's Torah Reading, Vayikra, from Kabbalah sages and Chasidic masters, and on KabbalaOnine.org
March 20

Ascent storyteller WhatsApp Group and email list: a different embedded audio, embedded video and linked print story each Saturday night. THIS WEEK's Schedule

March 20

Weekly Chassidic/Kabbalah Story from R. Yerachmiel Tilles--Year #27, Story #1319: ""The Death Camp Matzah Squad" (Chabad chasid+Klausenberg Rebbe)"

March 13

Weekly Chassidic/Kabbalah Story from R. Yerachmiel Tilles--Year #27, Story #1318: "From Bleached-Blond Princess to Queen Mother"

March 6

BONUS Story from R. Yerachmiel Tilles for PURIM: "The Rabbi vs. the Ayatollah"

Feb. 27

BONUS Story from R. Yerachmiel Tilles for the "Shabbat of Remembering"
Feb. 27 This Jewish Month: ADAR 5783 (March 7, evening - April 6)
Feb. 27

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "The Month of Mazal" (ADAR)

Feb. 6

Chassidic/Kabbalah Stories: Brief Bios of Main Personalities in all 1300 stories, cross-referenced according to story #. Expanded
 
  Support Ascent: A shorter, simpler, more efficient Donation page, including 3 new PayPal links and updated addresses
  ASCENT FACEBOOK "Ascent Tsfat" Please join!
  "Festivals of the Full Moon" (vol. 2) and "Saturday Night, Full Moon" (vol. 1) are available for purchase in Tsfat at ASCENT, online at KorenPub, at better Jewish bookstores internationally, and on Amazon in both hardcover and Kindle editions
AUTHENTIC JEWISH MYSTICISM AND SPIRITUALITY: KabbalaOnline.org - a project of Ascent-of-Safed

COMING ATTRACTIONS! (PLUS the usual, PLUS more!)

March 27

Weekly Chassidic/Kabbalah Story from R. Yerachmiel Tilles--Year #26, Story#1320: "" (Lubavitcher Rebbe)
March 27 UPCOMING Jewish Holiday: PASSOVER -- April 5, 2023 (eve) - April 12 (Outside Israel:April 5-13)
Recent features and selected Oldies but Goodies -- a sampling
March 13

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "A Peaceful Shabbat" (Vayakhel)
March 13

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Gold Rush" (Pikudei)
March 6 RECENT Jewish Holiday: PURIM-- March 6, 2023 (eve) - March 7 (Jerusalem: March 7-8)

March 6

BONUS Story from R. Yerachmiel Tilles for PURIM: "The Rabbi vs. the Ayatollah"
March 6

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Purim and the Secret of Wine" (PURIM)
March 6

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Lifting Your Head" (Ki Tisa - Shelah)

Feb. 27

BONUS Story for the "Shabbat of Remembering"
Feb. 27

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Secrets of the Priestly Breastplate" Tetzaveh)
Feb. 27

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Fallen King" (Shabbos Zachor- "The Shabbat of Remembering")
Feb. 20

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Two Tabernacles for Two Realities" (Trumah)
Feb. 13

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "The Small Silver Coin of Redemption" (Shabbat-Shekalim)
Feb. 6

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Earthly and Heavenly Chariots" (Yitro)

Jan. 16

BONUS Story for the "Shabbat of the Half-Shekel"
Jan. 30 RECENT Jewish Holiday: TU B'SHVAT: "Rosh HaShana for Fruit Trees in Israel" -- Feb. 5, 2023 (eve) - Feb. 6
Jan. 30 Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Offer Yourself" (YUD SHVAT -- Tues. night-Wed, Feb. 1) ch. 2 of the immortal chasidic discourse, 'Basi l'Gani]
Jan. 30

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "When G-d Told Us Not to Pray!" (Beshalach)
Jan. 30

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Leaders of People and of Time" (Beshalach)
Jan. 23 RECENT Jewish Month: SHEVAT 5783
Jan. 23

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "A Connection Deeper Than Natural" (BO)

Jan. 16

BONUS Story for the yahrzeit of the Alter Rebbe of Chabad
Jan. 16

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Two Names for Two Brothers" (VA'ERA - Lubavitcher Rebbe)
Jan. 16

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Staffs and Snakes" (VA'ERA - Rabbi Shneur-Zalman )
Jan. 9

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "To Speak in Your Name" (Shemot-Va'era)
Jan. 16

Chasidut/Kabbalah: ""Was Wicked Pharoah Really Wicked?" (Shmot-Vaera-BO)

Jan. 9

BONUS Story for the yahrzeit of the Rambam (Maimonides)
Jan. 9

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "To Speak in Your Name" (Shemot)
Jan. 2

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "The Cross-Handed Blessing" (Vayechi)
Dec. 26

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Paving the Royal Highway" (Vayigash)
Dec. 19 RECENT Jewish Month:TEVET 5783

Dec. 19

BONUS Chanukah Story from R. Yerachmiel Tilles -- "Chanukah in Bergen-Belson (Tchaber Rav, Satmer Rebbe)
Dec. 19

Chasidut/Kabbalah: Who Knows Eight?" (Chanukah)
Dec. 19

Chasidut/Kabbalah: From Sinai to the Internet" (Chanukah)
Dec. 19

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Yehuda & Tamar -- A Chanukah Drama" (Vayeishev-Chanukah)

Dec. 12

RECENT Chasidic Celebration: "A Tale of Two Stories" (Yud-Tes Kislev)

Dec. 5

BONUS Story from R. Yerachmiel Tilles: "The Farmer Method"
(Outside of Israel the petition for rain is added to the daily prayers starting Dec.5)
Oct. 3

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "A Delivery to the Nations" (Sukkot - Bat Ayin)

Oct. 3

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Purifying the Holy of Holies" (Yom Kippur)

Oct. 3

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "A Heaven-Inspired Torah Code" (Ha'azinu)

Sept. 19

Chasidut/Kabbalah: What is a Soul" - (Rosh Hashana - Chasidic Masters series)
Aug. 29

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Divination: Forbidden and Permitted" (SHOFTIM)

Aug. 22 Safed Shuls: List of active synagogues in Zefat Old City UPDATED
Aug. 8 Chasidut/Kabbalah: Tu b'Av and the Full Moon" (Fifteenth of Av)
Aug. 1
Kabbalah: Kitvei Arizal - the Writings of the Holy Ari
Aug. 1

Holy Sites: "Ari Mikveh"
June 27 The Lubavitcher Rebbe - 28th yahrzeit: A Brief Biography
June 20 Holy Sites: "Finding Your Soulmate Day" -- Hilula (the 'Celebration Day') of Rabbi Yonatan Ben Uziel [26 Sivan /2022:June 25 -- in The Valley of Love -- Amuka
May 16

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "The Lag B'Omer Departure of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai" (Lag b'Omer)

May 9

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Passover Again -- Far Out, Man!" (Pesach Sheini / "Second Passover") Sunday, May 15

Apr. 25

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Getting Paid on Time" (Kedoshim - Ari)

Apr. 11 Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Matza & Midnight" (Pesach Seder)
Mar, 14 Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Behind the Masks" (PURIM)
Jan. 24

Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Kabbalah Soul Music"

Nov. 29 Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Meditation on the Chanukah Candle" (Chanukah)
Nov. 15 "A Tale of Two Stories" (Yud-Tes Kislev)
Nov. 8 Jews and Sports: "The Yiddish Battery" (Baseball)
Aug. 30 Chasidut/Kabbalah: "What is a Soul" (ROSH HASHANA)
Aug. 9 Current Events: "Teenage Jewish Boy Saves Elderly Jewish Woman's Life"
July 19 Chasidut/Kabbalah: "Tu b'Av and the Full Moon" (15th Av)
Feb. 1 BONUS Story for this week: "The Rebbetzin in Action"
Jan. 4, 2021 BONUS Chassidic/Kabbalah Story: "The ‘New Year’s Day’ Earthquake Miracle in Tsfat" (The Avritch Rebbe, chasidic leader of mid-18th century Tsfat and author of "Bat Ayin")
Nov. 9

Weekly Chassidic/Kabbalah Story from R. Yerachmiel Tilles -- Year #24, Story #1196, featuring: "Schwartzie in Hebron"
Sep. 14 List of 13 stories for the upcoming holidays from "Festivals of the Full Moon" by Yerachmiel Tilles, the Ascent storyteller.
May 11

THE Lag b'Omer Story from R. Yerachmiel Tilles -- the most miraculous, yet the most authenticated. Audio version too! (Lag b'Omer)
Mar. 23, 2020 Current Events: "A Meditation for CCPVirus-Induced Isolation and Lockdowns"
Feb. 3 Jews and Sports: "Lessons from the Super Bowl"
April 15 Prayer: "Lecha Dodi": Original rhyming translation and commentary.
Feb. 26 Life at Ascent: Staff Profiles (updated)
Jan. 15

Shoot the Rabbi: Q: "Why do you stress Judaism as a religion? We see it primarily as a culture." Response:

Mar.28 Life at Ascent: University of Haifa student review of Ascent
Feb. 1 Life at Ascent: short video clip from our 33rd annual Tu bShvat Seder
Jan. 11
Sept. 7 SPECIAL FEATURE: "The Kabbalah of Coffee"
June 16 5-STAR REVIEW on Amazon.com for the Kindle edition of
"Saturday Night, Full Moon" by Yerachmiel Tilles, the Ascent storyteller.[preview]
May 26 RAVE REVIEW by acclaimed author Yanki Tauber for "Saturday Night, Full Moon" by Yerachmiel Tilles, the Ascent storyteller.
Available for purchase in Tzfat through ASCENT, or else from the publisher in Jerusalem. [preview]
July 22 Life at Ascent: Shabbat Experience in Mystical Tzefat (improved)
May 6 Chassidic/Kabbalah Stories -- Another amazing story with CORRECTED AUDIO LINK
Oct. 29 Shoot!: The ASCENT Question & Answer Forum menu (updated: "Jewish Yoga?"--at Beliefs #15)
Sep. 3 Ascent Studies: Links page (updated)
Mar. 19 Torah and Science: Global Ecology
Feb. 27 Kabbalah: "What is Kabbalah and Why?" -- more definitions
Jan. 22 Era of Moshiach - "Moshiach and the Moon"
Jan. 22 Prayer: Morning Blessing #17 - Women's perspective
Aug. 15 Life at Ascent: Ascent's First Thirty Years (updated)
June 13 Kabbalah/Chasidut: "Recommended Reading List" (corrected)
Perennials
  Life at Ascent: Original, unique, breathtaking Kabbalah Exhibit
  Life at Ascent: Map to Ascent from the Central Bus Station (now GPS compatible!)
  Life at Ascent: Your Personal Torah Code (updates, upgrades and new offers)
  Life at Ascent: Seminar Reviews (updated)
  Life at Ascent: SUMMER DAILY Schedule (REVISED!)
  Life at Ascent: Library/Media Center (updated)
  Life at Ascent: 30th annual Safed Klezmer Festival (Ascent schedule w' Festival schedule) August 22-24. 2017
  Life at Ascent: What is Ascent? (updated)
  Life at Ascent: Staff Profiles (updated)
  Life at Ascent: Contact us (updated)
  Life at Ascent: Ulpan (updated)
  Ascent Studies: Links page (updated)
  Prayer & Meditation : Annual Blessing on Blossoming Fruit Trees (month of Nisan)
  Pirkei Avot: Introductory & Concluding verses -- Mystical Insights into Rabbinical Ethics
  Meditation: A Woman's Shabbat Candlelighting Meditation
  Ascent Studies: Free E-subscriptions (updated)
  Ascent Studies: Surf & Learn -- Just like from our Visitor's Lounge here in Tsfat
  Kosher Humor: Ascent "Kosher Humor" archives open for the merry month of Adar only
  Life at Ascent: short video clip from our 33rd annual Tu bShvat Seder
  "One Shabbat, One World" International Shabbaton - Feb. 3-4
  Farbrengen with BIG MO in L.A. (more information)
  Ascent on the Road!: TWO Reunion Shabboses in L.A. with BIG Mo
  Upcoming Jewish Festival: "New Moon of Nissan"
  Prayer: "Lecha Dodi": Original rhyming translation and commentary.
  Pirkei Avot: Concluding verse -- Mystical Insights into Rabbinical Ethics
  Pirkei Avot: Introductory verse -- Mystical Insights into Rabbinical Ethics
  Pirkei Avot: Chapter 1 -- Mystical Insights into Rabbinical Ethics
 
Kabbalah: "The Lag B'Omer Departure of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai" (Lag B'Omer)
 
Kabbalah: "Deeds of Kindness with Mystical Intentions" (Ramak)
  Chasidut/Kabbalah: "For a Full Month" (KiTeitze, Elul - Ohr HaChayim)
 

Sages of Safed: "Yahrzeit of the Ari" (Hei [5th] Av -- August 5-6)
 
Kabbalah: Kitvei Arizal - the Writings of the Holy Ari
  The Lubavitcher Rebbe - 27th yahrzeit: A Brief Biography
  A personal story with The Lubavitcher Rebbe from one of Ascent's founders
  Chassidic/Kabbalah Stories -- Tuesday of this week (Kislev 12) is the 185th yahrzeit of the Avritcher Rebbe of Tsfat, author of the mystical Torah book, "Bat Ayin"
  Chassidic/Kabbalah Stories from R. Yerachmiel Tilles -- Year #1, Story #125 / Feb. 1999 (Shabbat Shekalim)
  Chassidic/Kabbalah Stories from R. Yerachmiel Tilles -- Story #538 (Shabbat Zachor 5768/2008)
 

BONUS STORY from R. Yerachmiel Tilles for Chai (18) ELUL, birthday of both the Baal Shem Tov & Rabbi Shneur Zalman: "Mirror Mirror on the Wall"
  Chassidic/Kabbalah Stories: The rainy season in Israel begins tonight! For "rainy season in Israel" stories, see #103 and 106 (both in "Saturday Night, Full Moon") and 528, a Safed story
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 Excerpts from 5 reviews of "Saturday Night, Full Moon" by Yerachmiel Tilles, the Ascent storyteller. [extract]
   

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