Rabbi Michael Leo SamuelByline: Jan. 8th, 2010 — 4:00 PM
Josephus credits the Israelites with the building of the great pyramids of Egypt. This belief is often reflected in the artwork of many of the Passover Haggada pictures:
“. . . .for they enjoined them to cut a great number of channels for the river, and to build walls for their cities and ramparts, that they might restrain the river, and hinder its waters from stagnating, upon its running over its own banks: they ...
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Byline: Jan. 8th, 4:00 PM
Rabbi Eliezer Silver (1882-1968) proved to be one the greatest rescuers of European Jewry during the Holocaust. He is credited with saving many thousands of Jewish lives. Early on in 1939, Silver was one of the founding fathers of the Vaad Hatzalah (Rescue Committee), where Silver was appointed as its president. He was instrumental in rescuing the cream of European rabbinic leaders, who along with Rabbis Aaron Kotler, Abraham Kalmanowitz marched up Pennsylvanian Avenue on October ...
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