Judah Lifschitz, at The Blogs

Apr 11, 2023, 4:01 PM

Mar 29, 2023, 6:00 PM

My dear brothers, Please recite this prayer for unity. May it be Your will our Lord and the Lord of our forefathers That You have mercy upon us and instill in us love, brotherhood, peace, and friendship among us and all the...

Sep 20, 2021, 11:57 PM

The second kittel

It is customary on Yom Kippur for one to wear a “kittel” - an all-white robe. Various reasons are given for this custom. The most prominent explanation is that on Yom Kippur we refrain from the most basic physical...

Aug 6, 2021, 12:20 AM

Today I Lost A Childhood Friend to Covid

Today: I lost a childhood friend to Covid. The Jewish world lost a lifetime educator. The world lost a very special soul. I was fourteen years old, a sophomore at Yeshiva University’s Manhattan Talmudical Academy, when on the first day of school I...

May 7, 2021, 7:44 PM

A Meletz Yosher

© Judah Lifschitz On Thursday of this week, I commemorated my mother’s yahrzeit. Seven years ago my mother’s soul was returned to her Maker. At that time the traditional blessing was given — that she serve as a meletzas yosher, a...

Jan 1, 2021, 6:47 PM

One People One Heart – A Photo Essay

One year ago today one hundred thousand Jews gathered in Met Life Stadium in New Jersey, for one of the largest gatherings in Jewish history, to celebrate the conclusion of a seven and a half year program of daily...

Dec 11, 2020, 6:24 PM

A Corona Chanukah Message

This Chanukah, as I light the each night, the eternal message of the Chanukah holiday will be especially meaningful and powerful. Unlike other holidays on the Jewish calendar which are biblically ordained, Chanukah is a rabbinically established holiday which commemorates...

Sep 12, 2020, 12:50 AM

Tefilah Mehalev – Prayer From the Heart

Next week Jews around the globe will observe Rosh Hashana and inaugurate 5781 on the Jewish calendar. This year, as in every year, Rosh Hashana, the Ten Days of Repentance which culminate with Yom Kippur will be a period...

Aug 23, 2020, 10:43 PM

An open letter to my community (2) – don’t waste this Elul

When we recited the blessing for the new month of Elul last Shabbat we asked G-d for many blessings: May it be Your will Hashem, our G-d and the G-d of our forefathers, that You inaugurate this month upon us...

Aug 2, 2020, 11:15 PM

An Open Letter to My Community

As the pandemic rages on the negative financial and operational effects on important community institutions grows more acute with every day that passes. Our schools and synagogues have been especially hard hit by the operational limitations required in a...

About Me

By profession I am a Washington DC trial attorney. I have written several books including a biography of the Klausenbereger Rebbe. I am also the author of several blogs including Saying Kaddish and a Corona Virus blog.

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