17 of Tamuz: The Falling Of Jerusalem’s Walls

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Today, Thursday, July 9, 2020, we commemorate the 17 of Tamuz, a day of public fasting, in memory of five tragedies that occurred on...

The Last Days of Maimonides

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There is a very interesting letter that Maimonides writes for one of his students, Shemuel Ibn Tibon, who was translating "The Guide of the...

Maimonides (1135-1204), Sultan Saladin’s Personal Physician

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Apart from being one of the most important Talmudists and jurists in the history of the Jewish people, Maimonides was also a famous doctor....

Maimonides (1135 -1204). Elitism and Rationalism?

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As many of my readers might have noticed, in these last days I am writing in honor of my uncle the Hakham Yosef Faur...

Ribbi Abraham Eben Ezra (1089-1164): Tora and Mathematics

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We continue with the presentation of the class "Four Giants of Sepharad" by Hakham Yosef Faur z”l, about four rabbis that deeply impacted the...

A journey to the heart of Ribbi Yehuda haLevi (1075-1140)

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I continue sharing with you one of the classes of my dear uncle, Hakham Yosef Faur, z"l. Rabbi Faur had a passion for history...

Rabbenu Bahiya Ibn Paquda (1045-1120) and the duties of the heart

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I want to share with you a class from the Hakham Yosef Faur z”l that I recently heard titled “ Four Sephardic Giants” . The...

Intelligent Judaism

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A man once heard of a marvelous blue bird that could be found only in one place in the entire world.  This man decided...

Love Is A Verb

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וַתִּשֶּׂנָה קוֹלָן וַתִּבְכֶּינָה עוֹד וַתִּשַּׁק עָרְפָּה לַחֲמוֹתָהּ וְרוּת דָּבְקָה בָּהּ During the festival of Shabu'ot, which we will soon celebrate, we will read Megilat Ruth. The...

Who can Israel trust?

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אין לנו על מי להשען אלא אבינו שבשמים In the war of 1948, Israel miraculously defeated the five Arab countries that attacked her, after Israel...