The 17 Of Tamuz
WHY DO WE FAST ON THE 17th OF TAMUZ
Today, Tuesday July 23, 2024, we commemorate the 17 of Tamuz, a day of public fasting...
An Idol In The Temple
The rabbis disagree on this last point: are we remembering what happened in the times of King Menashe in the 7th century, before the...
Moshe Breaks The Tablets Of The Law
The 17th of Tamuz happens forty days after Shabuot. Moshe ascended Mount Sinai on the 6th of Sivan, and remained there for forty days....
The 17th of Tamuz and other fasting days in context
The 17th of Tamuz is one of the four fasting days in which we remember the events that lead to the destruction of our...
WHO IS EXEMPT FROM FASTING ON THE 17 OF TAMUZ?
Minors: children under 13 and girls under 12 are completely exempt from this fast.
Pregnant women are exempt from this fast.
Nursing women, in many Sephardic...
The Ending Of The Daily Sacrifices
אֶת-הַכֶּ֥בֶשׂ אֶחָ֖ד תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה בַבֹּ֑קֶר וְאֵת֙ הַכֶּ֣בֶשׂ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה בֵּ֥ין הָֽעַרְבָּֽיִם
The rabbis mentioned 5 tragic events that happened on the 17th of Tamuz. One...
SHELACH LEKHA: Defeatism and the Jews
IN THE DESERT
The Jewish people were in the desert, just a few days from reaching the Promised Land. God instructed Moses to send twelve...
I ❤️ ISRAEL: Israel’s Treasures Under The Sea
One of the most critical lessons conveyed by the Parasha of the MERAGELIM (spies or explorers) is to learn to identify and communicate the...
CHUQAT: The First New Israeli Army
At some unspecified point in this week’s Parasha, Chuqat, the biblical text makes a leap in time, transporting us from the second year after...
I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Divine Presence, back in the Israeli Army
THE FIRST ISRAELI ARMY
Three thousand five hundred years ago, the first Israeli army was formed in the Sinai desert. It consisted of 603,550 soldiers...
