ADAM and DAVID: A 70 Years Gift
By Shemuel Bitton (edited by Tehila B.)
We know that Adam, the first person created, lived a long life of 930 years. But our Rabbis...
Hilkhot Teshuba 3:1-8 Teshuba and the tipping point
In the third chapter of his Hilkhot Teshuba Maimonides explains that in terms of religious behavior, there are three categories of people: rasha’, tsadiq...
THIRD TRIAL: Now you see Me, now you don’t
“אַל תִּירָא אַבְרָם אָנֹכִי מָגֵן לָך”
Do not fear Abraham, I (HaShem) am protecting you.
Bereshit, 15:1-
Abraham arrives in the land of Canaan, identifying and obeying...
Tehiyat haMetim and the new evolution theory
Yesterday we explained that the last one of the 13 principles of the Jewish faith is the belief in Tehiyat haMetim, or resurrection. We...
What should I think while listening to the Shofar?
“When the doors of compassion are opening, on the day that I will lift my hands in prayer to God, please, Almighty, keep in...
ACHOT QETANA: The First Prayer Of The Year
HARD TIMESIn just over a month we will celebrate Rosh HaShana, the new year 5782. To officially inaugurate the Rosh HaShana prayer, on the...
The 9th of Ab and Religious Hypocrisy
This Shabbat morning (July 17th) we will begin reading the book of Debarim and at the end we will read a special Haftara from...
From the 17th of Tamuz to the 9th of Ab
From the 17 of Tamuz (last July 6th) until the 9 of Ab (July 26/27 ) we observe some mourning customs and restrictions in...
2. The Lion, the Stork, and the Third Bet haMiqdash (ca....
After the destruction of the Bet haMiqdash, Jews were permanently humiliated by the Romans, who were in power. First, in the times of Emperor...
