SUMMARY OF MATTOT – MAS’E
This Shabbat we read two biblical sections: Mattot and Mas'e.
In Mattot, several important topics are addressed. Firstly, the value of promises and how to...
Jeremiah the Prophet & The Worst Deal Of Your Life
THE THREE HAFTAROT
The mourning customs observed between the 17th of Tammuz and the 9th of Av vary from one community to another. But there...
The Twelve Days war by Numbers
The spokesperson for the Israeli army revealed the numerical data behind the military operation against Iran:
Attacks
1,500 Air Force sorties and 600 aerial refuelings.
1,400 attacks...
KORACH: How Do You Measure Victory in the Middle East?
The conflict between Israel and Iran is not over yet. We are currently in a ceasefire after an overwhelming Israeli victory in the “Twelve-Day...
KORACH: The Story Of Two Influencers
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THE MYSTERY OF ON
On Ben Pelet is a mysterious character in the Tora. Practically nothing is known about him. This week’s Parasha mentions him...
KORACH: Four Words That Can Save Your Life
It is not enough just to learn the meaning of this verse (pasuq). I would recommend that you memorize it. Or print it out...
SHELACH LEKHA: The Locust Generation
The psychological defeatism of the generation of the desert is also reflected in a detail I hadn't noticed for many years: the spies saw...
How to Calculate Shiva, Sheloshim, the 11 Months, and the Year...
Every count begins from the day of burial, not the day of death. Because we bury during the day, the burial day itself is...
Eliyahu Montalto (1567–1616), physician to the King of France
I am writing the second volume of my book "Forgotten Giants", in which I recount the history of lesser-known Sephardic rabbis (see here). This...
SUMMARY OF PARASHAT BEHAALOTEKHA
First Aliya: Aharon received instructions to light the Menorah, a seven-branched candelabrum illuminating the interior of the Tabernacle. The Menorah was crafted as a...
Natasha Hausdorff, replies to allegations that Israel is a genocidal...
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BAMIDBAR: Manna and Humanitarian Aid in Gaza
The Tora recounts that during the forty years the people of Israel lived in the desert, God provided them with a miraculous food called...
BENEATH JERUSALEM: The World’s Greatest Archaeological Treasure
Beneath Jerusalem: The Hidden City That Rewrites History
In rabbinic literature, there is frequent mention of an upper Jerusalem and a lower Jerusalem (Yerushalayim shel...
Ben Gurion’s Prophecy
THE PROMISED LAND
The establishment of the Jewish State was not an easy process, even after the Balfour Declaration (1917) in which the British, and...
When The Temple Mount Was In Our Hands… (Part 4)
כימי צאתנו מארץ מצרים הראנו נפלאות
Today, on the 28th of Iyar, we celebrate Yom Yerushalayim; the day when Jerusalem after 1900 years of being...
Codes, Migs & Parties: The Miracles of the Six-Days-War (Part 3)
We already saw the importance of Mibtza Moked- the operation taking place on Monday, June 5, 25 of Iyar, 1967, which was the beginning...
What do we celebrate on Lag BaOmer?
In his book Megilat haMered vehaChurban (“The Tale of the Rebellion and the Destruction”), Dr. Chagi Ben Artzi, professor of history at Bar Ilan...
SUMMARY OF PARASHAT EMOR
THE PRIESTS
In this Parasha, HaShem transmits to Moshe the laws that apply to his brother Aharon, his sons, and all his male descendants, the...
