VAETCHANAN: The Perils Of Inherited Wealth
"When HaShem your God brings you to the land that He promised to your parents Abraham, Isaac and Jacob … you will inherit lands...
VAETCHANAN: The Jewish Pledge Of Allegiance
This week's Parasha, Va'etchanan, contains two cardinal texts of the Jewish faith: the Ten Commandments and the first part of the Shema Israel. Today,...
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...
Destroying The Bet HaMiqdash to Build A Roman Circus
The Bet haMiqdash, the Great Temple of Jerusalem, was destroyed by the Roman army led by Titus, the son of Vespasian, on the 9th...
TISH’A BEAB: The Day Jerusalem Could Have Been Forgotten
כֹּה אָמַר ה ’צִיּוֹן שָׂדֶה תֵחָרֵשׁ, וִירוּשָׁלַיִם עִיִּים תִּהְיֶה
Yesterday we began to explain one of the five tragic events that we remember on the...
YOM MEORI, a sad poem for Tisha beAb
יוֹם מְאוֹרִי
יוֹם מְאוֹרִי חָשַׁךְ בְּגֵרוּשׁ קַסְטִילְיָא אוֹי לִי עַל שִׁבְרִי שֶׁבֶר יְרוּשָׁלַיִם אַל תִּזְכְּרִי עוֹד אֲהָה עָלַי וְאוֹיָה לִי כִּי לְשֶׁבֶר קַאסְטִילְיָא לֹא נִמְצָא...
Jeremiah and the destruction of the First Temple
The first Bet haMiqdash, the Great Temple of Jerusalem, was destroyed on the 9th day of the month of Ab of the year 586...
The Roman Colosseum and the Jews
The Bet haMiqdash, the great Temple of Jerusalem, was destroyed and burnt down by the army of Titus, the son of Vespasian, on 9...
