From Napoleon Bonaparte to Theodor Herzl (1894)
In a few days we will celebrate Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel's independence. In the next few days i would like to share with you a...
The Shoah and the Return of the Jewish People to the...
הִנֵּה אֲנִי פֹתֵחַ אֶת-קִבְרוֹתֵיכֶם וְהַעֲלֵיתִי אֶתְכֶם מִקִּבְרוֹתֵיכֶם עַמִּי; וְהֵבֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם, אֶל-אַדְמַת יִשְׂרָאל
יחזקאל ל"ז
Thus says HaShem, God, behold, I will open your graves, and I...
NITSABIM: How do You Say “ZIONISM” in Biblical Hebrew?
Zionism= The return of the Jewish people to the land of Israel to found there a Jewish State.
While the term "Zionism" was coined by...
Brief History Of Libya’s Jews
THE CIRCLE CLOSES
The history of the Libyan Jewish community in the 20th century involves a lot of suffering. First under the dictatorship of Benito...
PESACH EVE: What Do We Need To Do Tonight And Tomorrow?
THURSDAY APRIL 14th
One of the biblical prohibitions of Pesach is to "own" Hamets, i.e., having Hamets in our possession during Pesach. To prevent this,...
HEBREW & ENGLISH ESSENTIAL HAGGADAH FOR PESACH 2020
We want to begin by reminding everyone how important and critical it is to keep social distancing, even from our own family members, especially...
WHAT SHOULD YOU DO TO MAKE YOUR SEDER MORE ENGAGING?
YOUR MISSION
April 15, Friday night, and April 16, Saturday night, we will celebrate the two PESACH SEDARIM ("Seder" in singular). These will probably...
How To Drink Four Cups Without Getting drunk?
שתה ארבעה כוסות אלו מיין שאינו מזוג יצא ידי ארבעה כוסות ולא יצא ידי חירות
SIZE MATTERS
One might wonder: if the Seder requires four full...
Why do we recline at the Seder?
A UNIQUE SITTING POSITION
The Pesach Seder is a very special celebratory dinner in which we have certain traditions, like consuming certain foods or drinks,...
ESTHER 9:31. Shushan Purim, Jerusalem and Yom haAtzmaut
In the times of Esther and Mordekhai the Jews of Shushan asked King Ahashverosh (Xerxes, 486-465 sec) for an extra day to fight against...
TEFILA COMPANION
Dear Friends , these are the recordings of some of the most important Tefilot.
The audios were made, mainly, for learning the Tefila, but they...
PURIM: What happened to the Jews that did not want to...
רוצים בגלות … שלא יפָּרדו ממשכנותיהם ועניניהם
In chapter 4 of Megillat Esther we find the first reactions of the Jews to the edict that...
ESTHER 3:8. The story of two edicts
Cyrus' Edict (538 BCE)
The last book of or Tanakh (=the Hebrew Bible) is the book of Dibre haYamim, or chronicles. It ends with a...
THE BOOK OF ESTHER: An Introduction
MYTH or HISTORY?Unlike some books of the Hebrew Bible which deal with poetry, like Tehilim, or literature, like Job (according to some opinions) the...
ESTHER 3:14. Hiding Genocide From The King
פַּתְשֶׁגֶן הַכְּתָב, לְהִנָּתֵן דָּת בְּכָל-מְדִינָה וּמְדִינָה, גָּלוּי, לְכָל-הָעַמִּים--לִהְיוֹת עֲתִדִים, לַיּוֹם הַזֶּה.
Hiding the inconvenient truth is an essential part of any political plot.
The plot of...
PURIM: The Holocaust Averted
WHAT HAPPENED ON PURIM?
Tomorrow is Rosh Chodesh -- the beginning of the month of Adar. In a few more days we will celebrate the...
Rabbi Abraham de Sola (1825-1882), a Forgotten Sephardic Giant
EARLY LIFE
Rabbi Abraham de Sola (1825-1882) was a Canadian Rabbi, an orientalist and a prominent scientist. Rabbi De Sola was recognized as one of...
Rabbi David Nieto (1654-1720) and the Sephardic community of London
Portrait of Rabbi David ben Pinehas Nieto
FROM VENICE TO LONDON
Rabbi David Nieto was born in Venice, Italy, in 1654. At an early age he...
Rabbi Portaleone And The Four-Hours A Day Tora Curriculum
EARLY LIFE
Rabbi Abraham Portaleone (אברהם משער אריה , 1542-1612) was born in the city of Mantua (Mantova), Italy. The family of Rabbi Abraham was...
