All Articles FromYehosef Yaavetz

After Joseph Abo’s passing, nothing remained of his riches. What happened stunned the Jewish community and led to a powerful halachic ruling

Historic letters and eyewitness accounts reveal the private life, deep pain, and enduring greatness of Maimonides

Discover the true story of the underground escape from Acre Fortress that shocked the British and stirred deep controversy in the Jewish community

When a powerful bishop demands a mezuzah, Rabbi Zalman turns to the Maharil for clarity

A forgotten Roman emperor, his hatred for Jews, and how his paranoia and cruelty led to his brutal end

Captured, imprisoned, and silenced for decades — her powerful memoir brings the forgotten voices of Ravensbrück back to life

The Chafetz Chaim defends Torah and halacha when accused of gossip in a heated debate over Vilna’s rabbinic leadership

How a 14th-century Jewish scholar mapped the land of Israel and laid the foundation for our contemporary understanding of biblical Israel

How Jewish fighters resisted the Nazis in 1943, and the story of survivor Ewa Kracowska who lived to tell it

On Tisha B’Av 1306, King Philip IV expelled the Jews of France, seizing their wealth and changing Jewish history

A voice the world admired but only the Jewish soul could truly understand

Discover the rich history, unique customs, and miraculous survival of the Mountain Jews, a community rooted in the days of Ezra the Scribe

Faced with a nobleman’s request to sell pork, a Jewish innkeeper turned to halacha and found an answer through the Chatam Sofer

In 1963, the revered Rebbe of Klausenburg threatened to leave Israel due to religious persecution—until the nation came to a standstill

In the face of siege and destruction, Gush Etzion’s pioneers wrestled with halachic questions that revealed their unshakable faith

They came to build lives in the Holy Land and gave their own to defend it

From underground raiders to Nazi camps, Trieste’s Jewish story begins with a mysterious deal and a hidden hero

A surprising find in northern Israel gave the first historical proof that King David really existed

Though his name is mentioned daily in Jewish study, the story of Rabbi Maimon, the father, teacher, and guide of the Rambam, remains largely unknown

The incredible journey of Bukharan Jews from Muslim rule to Russian protection, and finally, to the heart of Jerusalem