Ben Gurion’s Prophecy
THE PROMISED LAND
The establishment of the Jewish State was not an easy process, even after the Balfour Declaration (1917) in which the British, and...
When The Temple Mount Was In Our Hands… (Part 4)
כימי צאתנו מארץ מצרים הראנו נפלאות
Today, on the 28th of Iyar, we celebrate Yom Yerushalayim; the day when Jerusalem after 1900 years of being...
Codes, Migs & Parties: The Miracles of the Six-Days-War (Part 3)
We already saw the importance of Mibtza Moked- the operation taking place on Monday, June 5, 25 of Iyar, 1967, which was the beginning...
What do we celebrate on Lag BaOmer?
In his book Megilat haMered vehaChurban (“The Tale of the Rebellion and the Destruction”), Dr. Chagi Ben Artzi, professor of history at Bar Ilan...
SUMMARY OF PARASHAT EMOR
THE PRIESTS
In this Parasha, HaShem transmits to Moshe the laws that apply to his brother Aharon, his sons, and all his male descendants, the...
RIBBI SAADIA BENZAQUEN: Rabbi of Rabbis
Some men are more angels than men. That was the case with Ribbi Saadia Benzaquen z”l, my first teacher. He led the beautiful synagogue...
Rabbi Shemuel Laniado (1530-1610) and the pearls beneath the fish
Rabbi Shemuel Laniado belonged to an ancient and prestigious family that descended from Spain. His paternal grandfather, who bore the same name, escaped from...
The Woman Who Discovered Rabbi Akiva
THE FATHER OF THE TALMUD
The Mishna, the Tosefta, the Sifra, and the Sifre, the seminal texts of rabbinical literature, have their origin directly or...
Minds and Stones
IS ANYONE POORER THAN ME?
Rachel, the daughter of Kalba Sabua, married Aqiba, one of her father's herdsmen, because she saw in him an enormous...
How To Thank HaShem? A Lag BaOmer Story
וַיָּבֹא יַעֲקֹב שָׁלֵם עִיר שְׁכֶם .... וַיִּחַן אֶת פְּנֵי הָעִיר
Ribbi Shimon Bar Yochai passed away on Lag BaOmer, and it is a widely accepted...
