Moshe Kempinski The torah begins with a description with the words “G d spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying: This is the” Chok “of the Torah which G d has commanded.” Numbers 19:2) The word “Chok” alludes to the segment of commandments that are supra-rational. That is to say that they come from a … Read more
Moshe Kempinski Ideas and vision are important tools in furthering us into growth and achievement. Yet at times the passion to fulfill an idea or a vision tramples all who stand in the way and those who dare to disagree. That divisive trait destroys the purity of the ideal and ensures its failure. It is … Read more
Giulio Meotti The real reasons for the impending fall of the European Union have nothing to do with the results of the Brexit vote, but everything to do with the reasons for it. The mistakes of the current European élite will go on until the final collapse. The European crisis arose for two reasons and … Read more
Rabbi Lord Sacks Korach had a point. “You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is with them. Why then do you set yourselves above the LORD’s assembly?” (Num. 16:3). At the heart of his challenge is the idea of equality. That surely is a Jewish … Read more
Moshe Kempinski ” the complacency of the fools (Shalvat Kesillimi) shall cause them to perish” ( Proverbs 1:32) Opportunities and possibilities surround and beckon us in our lives . Yet, usually we are too set in our ways, stuck in our expectations or so fearful of change, that we let these opportunities pass us by. … Read more
Carolyn Glick ( Jpost.com) To the dismay of the Left, the public won’t go along for another ride with them, no matter how much hysteria they promote. Over the past few days, two incidents occurred which together, tell us the story of the Israeli Left. Monday night, Channel 10 revealed that the Labor Party has … Read more
Rabbi Chanan Morisson ( Based on the writings of Maran Harav Kook) Every evening and morning, we say the Shema, Judaism’s supreme declaration of monotheistic faith. In the first passage, we accept upon ourselves the yoke of God’s sovereignty. And in the second, we accept God’s commandments. Interestingly, the Sages added a third paragraph to … Read more
Moshe Kempinski 2 ) An Egyptian Take on the “New Middle East” Shavuot occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan. It marks the conclusion of the Counting of the Omer and is understood to be the day that the Torah was given at Mount Sinai. The date of Shavuot is not … Read more
