My Most Favorite Ashkenazi Tradition
TAX SEASON
Tu Bishbat is not a religious holiday and is not mentioned in the Tora. The rabbis chose this date 2,000 years ago for...
YITRO: Serving God or Using God?
DUTIES OF THE BRAIN
This Shabbat we will read the Parasha Yitro, which contains the Ten Commandments, a subject of inexhaustible depth.
One example. The First...
“Maimonides and the Hostages Deal”, Miami FL, Jan 23, 2025
https://youtu.be/_VQxGrtTB-U
Challa, Manna and Parnasa
After leaving Egypt and entering the desert, the Israelites began to suffer from a shortage of food and water. At that moment, one of...
BESHALLACH: The Bones of Yosef, the Danube River and the Shoah
Founded in 1989 in Israel, ZAKA was originally formed to respond to terror attacks and deal with the retrieval, identification and burial of the deceased.
(Written...
BESHALLACH: Miriam, and the audacity of hope
ותקח מרים הנביאה את התוף בידה
Miriam, Moshe’s (Moses) sister, was probably the most optimistic person in the history of Am Israel. I believe that...
SUMMARY OF BESHALLACH
PHARAOH'S REGRETAfter Pharaoh expels the Jewish slaves from his land, God does not lead them along a direct route to the Promised Land, because...
BO: Gaza y las diez plagas
Para el Faraón, todo es personal
Moisés advierte al Faraón que si no libera a los judíos, Egipto comenzará a sufrir a causa de diferentes...
BO: Death, as the last resort
The story of the ten plagues is fascinating not only for its content but also for the sophistication of its narrative. The plagues begin...
VAERA: The Miraculous Rejection of the Ceasefire (2014)
ChatGPT said:
(Written in July 2014)
I would like to refer to Parashat Vaera, the second parasha of the Book of Shemot, and its main character,...
