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a different Audio, Video and Print story each Saturday night!
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I post THREE different stories each week, with G-D's help.
"Intriguing stories of Kabbalah sages, Chasidic masters, and other Jewish heroes"

1) an embedded audio file on Saturday night.

2) an embedded video file and a link to it on my YouTube channel, also on Saturday night.

3) A link to the printable PDF file of my weekly email story on www.ascentofsafed.com, which is posted on this group on Thursday nights. (If you subscribe separately to the email list, you'll receive it earlier in the week.)

Be blessed.

Yerachmiel Tilles

TillesTells @ gmail.com

WhatsApp: +972 562 770 137

 

* THIS week's 3 featured Stories (schedule posted every WEDNESday) *
All times are for Israel time zone

Week #259--for Saturday night, April 26, 2025

PRINTABLE--on this site:
"PASSOVER SEDER IN THE SAFED PRISON" (s1428-1170 words)

Must he agree? In his mind he pictured sitting at a Seder table while locked in prison with detained immigrants at the Safed jail. "Wait a moment!" he proclaimed to himself. "Passover is about freedom. How can I possibly celebrate that behind bars? No way!"

Why this week?
1) A main theme in this week's Torah reading, Shemini, is the Kosher Dietary Laws; 2) Last week was the festival of the Seventh Day of Pesach, while next week (on Nisan 30) is an annual celebration here, "Tsfat Liberation Day."



ACHIVE for the 29 previous print stories from this Jewish year, 5785 (starting Sept. 3, 2024):
https://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=storylist5784
ARCHIVE for the 238 print stories from the *five* previous Jewish years, 5780-5784:
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ARCHIVE for the other 1361 print stories:
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AUDIO #203 "The Puzzling Kashrut Certificate" (s1394 - 7:47 min)

Saturday night 9:20 - WhatsApp or Email

(Translated from Sichat Hashavua #1893)

"I insist that right now you write me a kosher certificate!" demanded the merchant. "And if you again refuse, you will be drowned in the sea!"

Why this week? Which meats--and fowl and fish--are kosher for a Jew to eat and which are not is a main topic in this week's Torah reading, Shemini.



VIDEO #87: "Dancing with a slap of Beef" (s662 - 3:50 min)

Saturday night 9:40 - WhatsApp or Email or YouTube

"Reb Shmuel Munkes pranced about, pouring l'chaim and serving food, with the bowl of roasted lung snug and elusive under his arm, deftly side-stepping all attempts to free it from his grasp."

Why this week? Which meats--and fowl and fish--are kosher for a Jew to eat and which are not is a main topic in this week's Torah reading, Shemini.




Saturday night 9:00 - WhatsApp or Email or YouTube

The 188 previous videos are available on my YouTube channel .
Don’t forget to click “LIKE” on each one you enjoy! You can even make me smile :) by leaving a comment.

*NEW*: Link to my new playlist: the top 12 most popular videos, ordered according to number of views.

 

 


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