Tzaddikim

Did dying on Rosh Hashanah make Ruth Bader Ginsburg a ‘tzaddika?’

“If you die at the end of the year, literally on the cusp, which is exactly when Ruth died, that means in a sense that you’re assured for that whole year because you’re one of the righteous people.”

|ByBEN HARRIS/JTA
People gather to mourn the death of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., September 20, 2020
THE TOMB of Rabbi Akiva in Tiberias.

The tisch: Souls departing

Just as a flickering candle is enveloped by the flame of a torch, so, too, Akiva’s soul was overcome by Divine light.

|ByLEVI COOPER
‘THE BUILDING of Noah’s Ark’ by a 17th-century French painter.

The tisch: The ultimate righteous person

Once God instructed Noah to build the ark – a project that lasted 120 years!

|ByLEVI COOPER
The Lazaama Synagogue (Synagogue of the Deportees, 1492), Marrakech.

Are there any Jews left in Morocco?

Monsieur Ohayon and his friends have even gone so far as to have the king of Morocco rename the relevant streets in the marketplace with the meanings they held when Jewish life was abounding.

|ByNILI SALEM B’SIMCHA