7. Yona and My Mission Statement
י וַיִּֽירְא֤וּ הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ יִרְאָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔ה וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ אֵלָ֖יו מַה-זֹּ֣את עָשִׂ֑יתָ כִּֽי-יָדְע֣וּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים כִּֽי-מִלִּפְנֵ֤י יְדוָד֙ ה֣וּא בֹרֵ֔חַ כִּ֥י הִגִּ֖יד לָהֶֽם:
The storm threatens to sink the ship...
8. The Day After the Storm
ויאמר אליהם שאוני והטילני אל הים וישתק הים מעליכם כי יודע אני כי בשלי הסער הגדול הזה עליכם
VERSES 11-15
" the sailors asked : -...
9. The lesson we learned from the first chapter
We are finishing the first of the four chapters of the book of Yona
THE TORA AND THE SEA
One of the most fascinating elements of...
ADAM and DAVID: A 70 Years Gift
By Shemuel Bitton (edited by Tehila B.)
We know that Adam, the first person created, lived a long life of 930 years. But our Rabbis...
Hilkhot Teshuba 3:1-8 Teshuba and the tipping point
In the third chapter of his Hilkhot Teshuba Maimonides explains that in terms of religious behavior, there are three categories of people: rasha’, tsadiq...
THIRD TRIAL: Now you see Me, now you don’t
“אַל תִּירָא אַבְרָם אָנֹכִי מָגֵן לָך”
Do not fear Abraham, I (HaShem) am protecting you.
Bereshit, 15:1-
Abraham arrives in the land of Canaan, identifying and obeying...
Tehiyat haMetim and the new evolution theory
Yesterday we explained that the last one of the 13 principles of the Jewish faith is the belief in Tehiyat haMetim, or resurrection. We...
What should I think while listening to the Shofar?
“When the doors of compassion are opening, on the day that I will lift my hands in prayer to God, please, Almighty, keep in...
ACHOT QETANA: The First Prayer Of The Year
HARD TIMESIn just over a month we will celebrate Rosh HaShana, the new year 5782. To officially inaugurate the Rosh HaShana prayer, on the...
