Tuesday Dec 5, at night, switching to Barekh Alenu
On Shemini Atzeret, we add in the Amida the prayer "mashib ha-ruach umorid ha-geshem", praising HaShem for creating and directing the mechanism of precipitation (=rain). But...
MAIMONIDES on ABODA ZARA (11:12): Can we use the Tora to heal our bodies?
ויהיו חיים לנפשך משלי ג' כ"בIn Halakha 11:10 Maimonides writes about the enchanter or...
Who is behind Trump, Putin, Cyrus?
ובשנת אחת לכורש מלך פרס לכלות דבר ה' בפי ירמיה העיר ה' את רוח כורש
VICTORY DAY
May 9, 1945 Nazi Germany capitulates and signs its surrender to the...
ABINU MALKENU: You Are Our Father, You Are Our King
We are in a period of time called "The ten days of Teshuba," the days between Rosh haShana and Yom Kippur, which includes Shabbat...
One Mezuzah in each room?
13th of Tebet, 5770 The custom today is to put a Mezuzah on virtually every door of the house. Therefore, a Jewish home...
The difference between Auschwitz and Jerusalem
"More than 40 world leaders gathered in Jerusalem to honor the victims of Nazi extermination, on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the...
FIRST COMMANDMENT: We, the People?
We have seen last week (see here) that the Ten Commandments include two commandments that were conveyed directly by God, these are the First...
THE 13 Principles: # 12: Messianic times.
Previously, we explained that according to Jewish tradition in the times of the Mashiaḥ the Jewish people will live in Israel in an independent...
TEFILA and HUMBLENESS
16th of Av, 5770I've got a few new books in Israel. One of them is BET ELOKIM written by Rabbi Moshe ben Yosef Miterany...
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The Creation of Woman (Gen. 2:21-22)
As we explained last time, man unlike animals, was initially created alone, without a female mate. When man, Adam, sees the animals he realizes...
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MATTOT: Children or Sheep?
THE FIRST ARMY OF ISRAEL
Our most precious possession is our children: we work for them, save money for them, and make every necessary effort...
Kapparot, with chicken or with Tsedaqa?
In many communities, there is a Minhag of doing Kapparot. What is the best way to do it: with chicken or with money for...
Organ donation cards
In the previous weeks (see here), I explained the opinions of the Rabbis regarding living organ donation, and the differences on opinion over the...
