Bil’am, and the lessons he learned from his donkey
BEHIND ENEMY LINES
This week's Parasha is really unusual. We are not watching the same movie we were watching last week: the events of the...
The Exquisite Historical Precision Of The Biblical Account
שלשה דברים לא שינו ישראל במצרים, שמותם ומלבושם ולשונם
Many archaeologists and scholars have spoken out against the objections of Biblical criticism and dedicated themselves to...
Absence Of Evidence Is Not Evidence Of Absence
לא ראינו אינה ראיה
HISTORY AND IDENTITY
One of the most important principles of Judaism is the belief in the authenticity of the Tora, the Hebrew Bible. We...
What does it mean to be Jewish?
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 are...
Recommended classic Jewish books
Goral laHASHEM, by Rabbi Yehuda Alqalai (Hebrew, 1857)Petach 'enayim, by Rabbi Benzion Frizzi (Hebrew, )Jewish Religion Ethically Presented, by Rabbi Hayim Pereira Mendes (English...
What Is The First Commandment Teaching Us?
I am HaShem your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery Exodus 20: 1
COMMANDMENT OR PREAMBLE?
The first commandment...
Portions for the Seder
WINE: We drink 4 cups throughout the Seder, reclining on the left. The minimum quantity of wine per cup is rebi'it, approximately 3 oz. per...
Slavery, Mud and Straws
"And embittered the life the hardest works, mud and the bricks ..."
Exodus 1:14
PAYBACK TIME
For several decades, from the time of...
37 Years Without a Grave
In 1982, during the first Lebanon War, the young sergeant Zachary Baumel z"l, fell together with his brothers in arms who operated the same...
ESTHER 9:26. What does “Purim” mean?
על כן קראו לימים האלה פורים על שם הפור
When Haman decided to eliminate the Jewish people, he “casted lots” to determine what day would...
