Today is the yahrzeit of Ha’ARI Hakadosh, Rabbi Isaac ben Shlomo Luria, a leading rabbi and Jewish mystic in the community of Safed in the 16th century.
It is said that Ha’ARI Hakadosh sent one of his students to pray and sense the Divine Presence at the Western Wall since the Divine Presence does not leave the Wall.
Today, as well, we pray that that G-d keep His promise to be at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
Photograph: Hakdesh Beit Hachaim, Safed
“Zealotry” – Parashat Pinchas
Parashat Pinchas – 5785 By Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, Rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Sites Zealotry—when it stems from jealousy or a malicious heart—is