It was so moving to see the bar mitzvah boys from the New York Mashhad (immigrants from Persia) community who came to celebrate their bar mitzvah ceremony at the Western Wall Plaza, along with the rabbi of the community in Israel and the rabbi of the Tiferet Raphael community, Rabbi Shlomo.

The Story of the Almond – and of Diligence – Parashat Korach
Parashat Korach 5786 Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, Rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Sites The stories of the Torah are not merely historical records. Their deeper




