PINECHAS: Our Children and the power of empathy
By Rabbanit Coty Bittón
In our Perasha, Pinechas, when Moshe Rabenu prays to Hashem for the right successor to lead Bene Israel, He refers to...
SUMMARY OF PINECHAS
First Aliyah: Last week's Parasha concluded with the story of the women of Moab and Midyan approaching young Jewish men to seduce them and...
Laws and Traditions of the Three Weeks
During the three weeks between the 17th of Tamuz (July 23th, 2024) until the 9th of Ab (August 13 at night), we observe certain...
The 17 Of Tamuz
WHY DO WE FAST ON THE 17th OF TAMUZ
Today, Tuesday July 23, 2024, we commemorate the 17 of Tamuz, a day of public fasting...
An Idol In The Temple
The rabbis disagree on this last point: are we remembering what happened in the times of King Menashe in the 7th century, before the...
Moshe Breaks The Tablets Of The Law
The 17th of Tamuz happens forty days after Shabuot. Moshe ascended Mount Sinai on the 6th of Sivan, and remained there for forty days....
The 17th of Tamuz and other fasting days in context
The 17th of Tamuz is one of the four fasting days in which we remember the events that lead to the destruction of our...
WHO IS EXEMPT FROM FASTING ON THE 17 OF TAMUZ?
Minors: children under 13 and girls under 12 are completely exempt from this fast.
Pregnant women are exempt from this fast.
Nursing women, in many Sephardic...
The Ending Of The Daily Sacrifices
אֶת-הַכֶּ֥בֶשׂ אֶחָ֖ד תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה בַבֹּ֑קֶר וְאֵת֙ הַכֶּ֣בֶשׂ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה בֵּ֥ין הָֽעַרְבָּֽיִם
The rabbis mentioned 5 tragic events that happened on the 17th of Tamuz. One...
SHELACH LEKHA: Defeatism and the Jews
IN THE DESERT
The Jewish people were in the desert, just a few days from reaching the Promised Land. God instructed Moses to send twelve...
I ❤️ ISRAEL: Israel’s Treasures Under The Sea
One of the most critical lessons conveyed by the Parasha of the MERAGELIM (spies or explorers) is to learn to identify and communicate the...
CHUQAT: The First New Israeli Army
At some unspecified point in this week’s Parasha, Chuqat, the biblical text makes a leap in time, transporting us from the second year after...
I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Divine Presence, back in the Israeli Army
THE FIRST ISRAELI ARMY
Three thousand five hundred years ago, the first Israeli army was formed in the Sinai desert. It consisted of 603,550 soldiers...
Summary of Parashat Korach
Korach, the cousin of Moshe Rabbenu, leads a rebellion against Moshe and Aaron alongside members of the tribe of Reuben: Dathan, Abiram, and On,...
CHUQAT: The Whip Or The Word?
40 years have passed between last week's Parasha and this week's Parasha, Chuqat. We are right now at the last moments of the journey...
CHUQAT: Jews and the Tyrannosaurus Rex
וַיְשַׁלַּח ה’ בָּעָם אֵת הַנְּחָשִׁים הַשְּׂרָפִים
BIBLICAL SOPHISTICATION
Hebrew is an extremely sophisticated language. Almost all nouns have a 3-letter "root", which with the...
איך אומרים ציונית בעברית ?
ציונות = חזרתם של העם היהודי לארץ ישראל להקים שם מדינה יהודית.
בעוד שהמונח "ציונות" הוטבע על ידי נתן בירנבאום בשנת 1890, הרב יהודה ביבאס...
CHUQAT: A Red Heifer and our children, by Rabbanit Coty Bittón
Killing a red heifer, burn it and using its ashes to purify ourselves when being in contact with a dead body? It doesn't make...
Summary of Shelach Lekha
THE PLAN
With Divine consent, Moses sends spies on a reconnaissance mission into the land of Canaan in preparation for the Israelites' invasion and conquest...
SHELACH LEKHA: Fear of Freedom
THE MISSION
The children of Israel are in the desert, just weeks away from arriving in the Promised Land. To ensure the success of their...
