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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...
SHABBAT TABLE: Peace keeping forces
Today is the 26th of Av, 5770
Is Shabbat part of the ‘weekend’? Is Shabbat there to rest and recharge our batteries, to keep working...
WORD CUP 2016
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...
Rabbi Ya’aqob Kholi (1689-1732) and the book that changed the Sephardic communities
Rabbi Ya'aqob Kholi (many pronounce his surname incorrectly: Culi or Koli, etc.) was born in Yerushalayim in 1689. His father was Ribbi Makhir Kholi,...
TESHUBA: Obstacles, on the way to repentance
In Chapter 4 of Hilkhot Teshuba Maimonides enumerates twenty-four actions, personality patterns or attitudes which prevent or make very difficult for a person to...
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Refael Aharon ben Shimon response on suicide
As we saw last week, Rabbi Refael Aharon ben Shimon (1847-1928) is a good example of a rabbi that confronted the challenges of modernity.
We described...
The fast of seventeenth of Tamuz (Part 2)
This coming Sunday we commemorate the Seventeenth of Tamuz. A day in which five tragedies happened to the Jewish people (see here)We fast and...
SHOFETIM: Kings, with limited powers
One of the main issues discussed in our Parasha is the role of the "king" of Israel. Unlike other monarchies around the world, for...
CYCLING TOUR
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...
5. Recovering Jerusalem and Rededicating the Temple
AN INVINCIBLE ARMY?
When the Seleucid general Lysias learned of the defeat of his generals by the Jewish rebels led by Yehudah Macabi (see here),...
What is Lag laOmer?
16th of Iyar, 5770 (31 days of Omer. 4 weeks, 3 days) 33 of OmerLag BaOmer (for Sephardic Jews is more accurate to say:...
REE: The Human Food Chain
מצות עשה ליתן צדקה לעניי ישראל כפי מה שראוי לעני, אם הייתה יד הנותן משגת--שנאמר פתוח תפתח את ידך
~ Open your hands and satisfy...
VAYERA: Sodom and Gomorrah and the Bible as History
THE DISCOVERY OF THE CENTURY
As a teenager, I remember reading an exciting book called “The Bible as History” (I read it in Spanish “Y...
TENNIS
TAANIT ESTHER: Why Do We Fast Today?
כל עבדי המלך ועם מדינות המלך יודעים אשר כל איש ואשה אשר יבוא אל המלך אל החצר הפנימית אשר לא יקרא אחת דתו להמית
When...
When a Parve food remains Parve
If you cooked a Parve food together with meat or dairy, that Parve food becomes the same status as the food that was cooked...
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The Four Foundational Harms of a Phone-Based Childhood
In this text, I describe the four foundational harms of the phone-based childhood. These are profound changes to childhood caused by the rapid technological...
FOUR NORMS TO DEAL WITH CELL PHONES ADDICTION
I offer these ideas for reforms, all of which aim to reverse the two big mistakes we've made: overprotecting children in the real world...
How And Why The New York Times Ignored The Holocaust
THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL IS FOR POWERFUL MEN TO DO NOTHING
WHEN JEWS WERE OBSESSED TO BE GERMANS...
Many times I...
TEFILA COMPANION
Dear Friends , these are the recordings of some of the most important Tefilot.
The audios were made, mainly, for learning the Tefila, but they...
Clint Eastwood, Shlomi and the Jewish people
November 21st, 2014
Two days ago, as Coty and I were leaving 'Mamila', near the Old City we met Shlomi, a young 'cool' Israeli taxi...
SHABBAT: Having guests and parenting, by Coty Bitton
This Friday you can feel a sense of excitement at our home. My husband told me that this Shabbat we are hosting a group...
Pesach Trivia for the Seder
One of the most helpful and practical recommendation I can share is to prepare for the Seder a list of 20 to 30 questions...
Pesach in the Bet-HaMiqdash
Pesach was a very joyful and intense holiday in the times of the Bet haMiqdash. Hundreds of thousands of Jews would walk to Yerushalayim...
THE EIGHT MITSVOT OF PESACH
In his introduction to Mishne Torah Hilkhot Pesach, Maimonides lists and describes a total of eight biblical Mitzvot related to Pesach. This list does not include...
PEQUDE: Being Honest and Looking Honest
ואת האלף ושבע המאות וחמישה ושבעים עשָה ווים לעמודים
ABOVE SUSPICION?
This week we continue reading about the construction of the Mishkan, the Tabernacle or Temple,...
PEQUDE: Love is in the details
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר מַרְבִּים הָעָם לְהָבִיא מִדֵּי הָעֲבֹדָה לַמְּלָאכָה
Perhpas late… but not too late….
I think it was when I had my third child...
VAYAQHEL: Shabbat, From Fire To Cellphones
לא תבערו אש בכל מושבותיכם ביום השבת
WHAT CANNOT BE DONE ON SHABBAT?There are 39 categories of prohibited activities on Shabbat. These activities are called...
SUMMARY OF VAYAQHEL-PEQUDE
Our Parasha begins with a reminder about the observance of Shabbat, indicating that even the construction of the Tabernacle, or Mishkan, must be suspended...
VAYAQHEL: Can You Stop Thinking About Money?
It is impossible and even inadvisable not to think about money when one lacks the essentials—food, warmth, shelter from the rain, or access to...
KI TISA: How Many Days Was Moses in Mount Sinai?
The giving of the Torah took place on the sixth day of Sivan, at Ma‘amad Har Sinai, the extraordinary event when the covenant between...
