SHELACH LEKHA: The Locust Generation
The psychological defeatism of the generation of the desert is also reflected in a detail I hadn't noticed for many years: the spies saw...
Eliyahu Montalto (1567–1616), physician to the King of France
I am writing the second volume of my book "Forgotten Giants", in which I recount the history of lesser-known Sephardic rabbis (see here). This...
SUMMARY OF PARASHAT BEHAALOTEKHA
First Aliya: Aharon received instructions to light the Menorah, a seven-branched candelabrum illuminating the interior of the Tabernacle. The Menorah was crafted as a...
Natasha Hausdorff, replies to allegations that Israel is a genocidal and apartheid state...
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Summary of NASO
THE LEVIIM AND THEIR FUNCTIONS
God informs Moshe about the roles and duties of the families of Gershon and Merari, from the tribe of Levi....
NASO: The Case of a Sota and You Shall Not Commit Adultery
One of the topics mentioned in this week's Parashah is Sota, a case related to infidelity.
The Tora and the Sages discuss this topic in-depth...
NASO: The blessing of the Kohanim
Birkat Kohanim is the blessing that HaShem bestows upon us through the Kohanim. This blessing appears in our Perasha, NASO and consists of three...
BAMIDBAR: Manna and Humanitarian Aid in Gaza
The Tora recounts that during the forty years the people of Israel lived in the desert, God provided them with a miraculous food called...
BENEATH JERUSALEM: The World’s Greatest Archaeological Treasure
Beneath Jerusalem: The Hidden City That Rewrites History
In rabbinic literature, there is frequent mention of an upper Jerusalem and a lower Jerusalem (Yerushalayim shel...
