Maimonides (1135 -1204). Elitism and Rationalism?
As many of my readers might have noticed, in these last days I am writing in honor of my uncle the Hakham Yosef Faur...
Ribbi Abraham Eben Ezra (1089-1164): Tora and Mathematics
We continue with the presentation of the class "Four Giants of Sepharad" by Hakham Yosef Faur z”l, about four rabbis that deeply impacted the...
A journey to the heart of Ribbi Yehuda haLevi (1075-1140)
I continue sharing with you one of the classes of my dear uncle, Hakham Yosef Faur, z"l. Rabbi Faur had a passion for history...
Rabbenu Bahiya Ibn Paquda (1045-1120) and the duties of the heart
I want to share with you a class from the Hakham Yosef Faur z”l that I recently heard titled “ Four Sephardic Giants” . The...
Intelligent Judaism
A man once heard of a marvelous blue bird that could be found only in one place in the entire world. This man decided...
Love Is A Verb
וַתִּשֶּׂנָה קוֹלָן וַתִּבְכֶּינָה עוֹד וַתִּשַּׁק עָרְפָּה לַחֲמוֹתָהּ וְרוּת דָּבְקָה בָּהּ
During the festival of Shabu'ot, which we will soon celebrate, we will read Megilat Ruth. The...
Who can Israel trust?
אין לנו על מי להשען אלא אבינו שבשמים
In the war of 1948, Israel miraculously defeated the five Arab countries that attacked her, after Israel...
The Survivors of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Today is Yom haShoah, the day we remember the murder of 6,000,000 Jews in the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators.Many historians repeat...
Understanding the Mitsva of the Omer
THE OMER OFFERING
In the days of the Bet haMiqdash (Temple of Jerusalem), on the 16th of Nisan, the second day of Pesach, the representatives...
When does the new Jewish day begin?
The counting of the days of ‘omer connects the Holiday of Pesach, the commemoration of our physical freedom, with Shabu’ot, the day we received the Tora. ...
