THE MYSTERY OF THE FIRST SHABBAT (PODCAST)
Rabbi Dunner describes a weird sect of Shabbat-observant Russian gentiles that emerged in the eighteenth century – the Subbotniks. Who were they, and how are they relevant to the first Shabbat ever observed by the Jewish nation, as referred to in Parshat Beshalach? Rabbi Dunner explains.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) In a letter dated November 1861, General George B. McClellan — newly appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as commander of the Union Army —... Read More