SHELACH LEKHA: The Biblical Origin Of Fake News
The Israelites are in the desert, ready to conquer the promised land. Moshe decides to send twelve men on an intelligence mission, behind enemy...
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...
LASHON HARA: Words and Arrows
"His tongue is like a poisoned arrow... with his mouth, he speaks cordially... but in his heart, he lays a deadly trap".
Jeremiah 9:7
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The Blessing of the Kohanim
יברכך ה' וישמרך
יאר ה' פניו אליך ויחנך
ישא ה' פניו אליך וישם לך שלום
Bircat Cohanim, the blessing of the Priests, is found in this week’s...
IDEAS OF SHABUOT #1: My Treasure
SEGULA OF SHABUOTועתה, אם-שמוע תשמעו בקולי ושמרתם את-בריתי והייתם לי סגולה מכל-העמים כי-לי כל-הארץAs we know, the giving of the Torah took place within...
IDEAS OF SHABUOT # 2: My Kingdom of Priests
ועתה, אם-שמוע תשמעו בקולי, ושמרתם, את-בריתי--והייתם לי סגולה מכל-העמים, כי-לי כל-הארץ. ואת תהיו-לי ממלכת כוהנים, וגוי קדוש
This coming Saturday night we will celebrate Shabu'ot...
IDEAS OF SHABUOT # 3 My Witnesses
ועתה, אם-שמוע תשמעו בקולי, ושמרתם, את-בריתי - והייתם לי סגולה מכל-העמים, כי-לי כל-הארץ ואתם תהיו-לי ממלכת כוהנים, וגוי קדוש
"And now, if you will listen...
SUMMARY OF BAMIDBAR
Parashat Bamidbar, the opening of the fourth book of the Tora, begins with a census ordered by God. Moses, the chosen leader, is tasked...
The First Half Hour Of The Six-Day War (Part 2)
שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד לוּלֵי ה’ שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ יֹאמַר-נָא יִשְׂרָאֵל: לוּלֵי ה’ שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ בְּקוּם עָלֵינוּ אָדָם
SUICIDE MISSION
On Iyar 5, 1967, as Israel celebrated Yom...
The Six-Day War: How Did All Begin? (Part 1)
ויחן שם ישראל נגד ההר, כאיש אחד בלב אחד
The Arab States never accepted the existence of the State of Israel. From the birth of...
How to be poor for the rest of your life?
איזהו עשיר? השמח בחלקו
Who is rich? The one who rejoices with what he has .
MORE TO HAVE, OR LESS TO NEED?
Wealth is not measured...
SUMMARY OF PARASHAT BEHAR
Our Perasha Behar Sinai contains 24 commandments or Mitzvot. We will briefly look at some of them.
SEVENTH YEAR
God orders Moshe the Mitzvah of the...
BEHAR: Colombian Universities and the Sabatical Year
In this week's Parasha we find a very interesting Mitsva, Shemita, or in English Sabbatical year. This means that the in the land of...
Honoring Parents as Heroes, a Biblical revolution
We all know the importance of the Mitsva of honoring and respecting our parents. What is perhaps less known is the historical context in...
Showing Honor and Providing Care for Our Aging Parents
The rabbis of the Talmud examined the matter of honoring our parents in special circumstances. We will now explore one of these cases. ...
What did Ezekiel see?
הִנֵּה אֲנִי פֹתֵחַ אֶת-קִבְרוֹתֵיכֶם וְהַעֲלֵיתִי אֶתְכֶם מִקִּבְרוֹתֵיכֶם עַמִּי; וְהֵבֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם, אֶל-אַדְמַת יִשְׂרָאֵל
יחזקאל ל"ז
This is a very symbolic week, a week that represents...
The first Jewish Spies of the State of Israel
יעקב בוקאי ז"ל
Tonight and tomorrow, we commemorate "Yom haZikaron”, Israel’s Memorial Day. We remember the heroes of Israel: soldiers, spies, and martyrs who sacrificed...
Nissim Ginni, 10 years old, the youngest fallen soldier of the...
THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
Yom haAtzmaut celebrates the Declaration of Independence of Israel on May 14, 1948. But that declaration of Independence was the...
TAZRIA-METSORA: How to improve your quality of life
This Shabbat, we will read two sections of the Torah: Tazria and Metzora. One of the most discussed topics in these two sections is...
What did Zekharia see?
כֹּה אָמַר ה' צְבָאוֹת: עֹד יֵשְׁבוּ זְקֵנִים וּזְקֵנוֹת בִּרְחֹבוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָם, וְאִישׁ מִשְׁעַנְתּוֹ בְּיָדוֹ מֵרֹב יָמִים. וּרְחֹבוֹת הָעִיר יִמָּלְאוּ יְלָדִים וִילָדוֹת מְשַׂחֲקִים בִּרְחֹבֹתֶיהָ
זכריה ח' 5-4
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