Rabbi Akiva and the Jewish Fish
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
Around the year 130 CE, 60 years after the destruction of the Second Bet haMiqdash, Emperor Hadrian's horrific decrees included a ban on...
Pesach Sheni: the Second Pesach
Today is the 14th day of Iyar, 29 days of Omer (4 weeks, 1 day)
Thirty days after Pesach we commemorate Pesach Sheni or The...
HAFTAROT VAYIQRA
HAFTARAT VAYIQRA
HAFTARAT EMOR
A PERSONALITY TEST, by KING SOLOMON
מַצְרֵף לַכֶּסֶף וְכוּר לַזָּהָב וְאִישׁ לְפִי מַהֲלָלוֹ
There are good people and bad people in the world. But no one considers himself to be on...
The Inexplicable Ceasefire of (June 11th, 1948).
(This article is the continuation of the article found at this link).
ורדפו מכם חמשה מאה ומאה מכם רבבה ירדפו ונפלו אויביכם לפניכם לחרב
THE WORST...
Israel’s Miraculous Independence War (May 15, 1948)
Israel’s victory in the War of Independence, which began on May 15, 1948 and lasted for 10 months, is unprecedented in the annals of...
The First Victim
Today is Yom HaZikaron, the day we honor the memory of the soldiers of the Israeli Army who sacrificed their lives for the establishment...
The Balfour Declaration And A Home For The Jews (1914-1917)
אמר לו ר ‘חייא: כך היא גאולתן של ישראל, בתחילה קמעא קמעא, כל מה שהיא הולכת, היא רבה והולכת
In 1914 it seemed that the...
Chaim Weizmann And A Sefer Tora In The White House
THE JEWISH STATE OF UGANDA
Weizmann was born into an Orthodox family in Belarus, Russia, in 1874. He was one of 15 siblings. He studied...
The State Of Israel And The Privilege Of Unawareness (1880-1914)
אִם יִהְיֶה נִדַּחֲךָ בִּקְצֵה הַשָּׁמָיִם מִשָּׁם יְקַבֶּצְךָ ה‘ אֱלֹקיךָ וּמִשָּׁם יִקָּחֶךָ וֶהֱבִיאֲךָ ה‘ אֱלֹקיךָ אֶל-הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר-יָרְשׁוּ אֲבֹתֶיךָ וִירִשְׁתָּהּ וְהֵיטִבְךָ וְהִרְבְּךָ מֵאֲבֹתֶיךָ
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This Wednesday night May...
