The Festival of Succot: Joy and Fragility Dear friends, Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, in which we remember the salvation of the Jewish People at the mercy of the elements in Sinai and our 40-year journey from Egypt to the Land of Israel, is also referred to as HeHag[1], TheFestival, to emphasize its especially joyful [...]
Dear Friends, The Founder of Hasidism, the Baal Shem Tov, sat down as he had so often, to respond to a letter of consultation, this one from the Rebbe of Pulno. Quietly, seriously, he set himself to the task of weighing every word so as to persuade the Rebbe of Pulno away from what the [...]
Shavuot and the chain of Jewish continuity Dear friends, Shavuot, for all its various themes and names[1], is mainly the Festival of our Receiving the Torah - the Book that made us the People we are. According to rabbinical description, on the 6th of Sivan more than 3300 years ago, the Kadosh Baruch Hu [...]
Yom Yerushalaim Message 50th Jerusalem Day Dear Friends, For those who live our daily lives in the great city restored to our People, the significance of this 50th Jerusalem Day since liberation and reunification is immense. Between 1948 and 1967, places holy to our faith were destroyed and desecrated, and no Jews [...]
33 Day of the Omer ל"ג בעומר - The various meanings of Fire Dearfriends, Human beings feel a certain fascination towards fire, and especially, bonfires. Many of us have experienced memorable moments around bonfires, sharing not only the heat and light, but also songs, histories, dialogues, friendship and love, significant because we [...]
ט"ו בשבט Tu[1]Bishvat- history and History Dear friends, Tu Bishvat - the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shvat - celebrates "the New Year of the Trees", is the renewal of the natural cycle in the Land of Israel, represented by the blossoming of the almonds. This is [...]
2011. decemberében Magyarországon járt a Maccabi Hollandia vezetősége . A csoport megnézte Budapest zsidó nevezetességeit. Látogatást tettek a Scheiber Sándor zsidó iskolában tartott összevont küzdősport edzésen ahol láthatták a krav maga, birkózás, box edzés elmeit valamint találkozhattak a karate szakosztály vezetőivel. A rövid látogatás alatt több alkalom is volt megbeszélést folytatni a két ország Maccabi [...]
A 2011-es év mérföldkő a Maccabi VAC életében, hiszen a II. világháború alatti betiltása óta a Maccabi VAC-nak idáig nem volt irodája. Idén sikerült befejezni a tavaly elkezdett munkát, az irodát berendeztük, felszereltük a szükséges eszközökkel, hogy a munkát kényelmes, kellemes környezetben folytassuk. Ehhez nagyon sok támogatásra és segítségre volt szükségünk, amit különböző zsidó és [...]