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I ❤️ ISRAEL: Back to the Shomron
My wife Coty and I are here in Israel with our family, celebrating the Bar Mitzva of our grandson Yosef. This past Wednesday, the...
I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Shadow of Peace — and the News
THE AIR OF ISRAEL
I'm in Yerushalayim, in Emek Refaim. Outside there's movement everywhere: cranes and construction all over, streets closed off, traffic squeezed down...
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Rabbi Menashe ben Israel (1604-1657) the most famous Jew in the...
Portrait of Menasseh ben Israel by Rembrandt
Ribbi Menashe was born in Portugal in 1604, under the name Manoel Dias Soeiro. His family moved to...
SUMMARY OF PARASHAT VAETCHANAN
MOSHE'S SUPPLICATION AND GOD'S RESPONSE
Moshe Rabbenu tells us, in the first person, that he begged HaShem to allow him to enter the land of...
PHONES & DEVICES
TISHA BEAV: What happened on the 9th of Av?
This Wednesday night, July 22, we will begin the fast of Tisha Be'av, the national day of mourning of the Jewish people. Why this...
SHABBAT CHAZON: Does God Reside Only in His Temple?
THE PROBLEM
On the Shabbat before Tisha Be'av we read a special Haftara from the book of Yeshayahu (1:1–27). It is known as "Hazon," from...
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SUMMARY OF PARASHAT TOLEDOT
HAVING A CHILD…. OR TWO…
Parashat Toledot tells us that our second patriarch, Isaac, prayed for his wife Ribka, who was barren, to conceive. God...
What happens if one accidentally cooked a milk food on a...
30th of Nisan, 5770, ROSH CHODESHToday is the 15tyhn day of the Omer (2 weeks,1 day)If accidentally one cooked a milk food in a...
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TISHA BEAV: What happened on the 9th of Av?
This Wednesday night, July 22, we will begin the fast of Tisha Be'av, the national day of mourning of the Jewish people. Why this...









































