On Rosh Hashanah during prayer, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev was silent. And when the Rabbi was silent, the entire congregation was silent. It was quiet in the synagogue.
It had been a difficult year. Poor weather, dangerous travel conditions and high tariffs had made it almost impossible for the Jews of Ukraine to import Etrogim (citrons) for the holiday of Sukkot.
On Simchat Torah everyone sleeps in a little, because of the Hakafot and the festivities of the previous evening. The heavenly angels, however, don't say Lechaim (wish each other life when drinking to