by Rabbi Joel E. Hoffman Because it gives me cohesive answers to life’s ultimate questions, plus 7 other reasons. This past Sunday, one of the topics I taught to my 7th grade Hebrew school class was the mitzvah of learning Torah (called Talmud Torah). Although part of the lesson included a high-quality video that included … Read more
Moshe Kempinski The final torah portions of the book of Exodus deal with the creating of the Mishkan, the tabernacle of G-d. Moshe gathers together the people and relates the following in the Torah portion of Vaykhel; And Moses spoke to the entire community of the children of Israel, saying: “This is the word that … Read more
By Mendy Kaminker Chabad.org The artisans who made the Mishkan and its equipment “They shall make for Me a sanctuary, and I shall dwell among them.”1 G d asked the Jewish people to build the Mishkan, a portable sanctuary to house His presence, which would accompany them on their travels through the desert. The detailed … Read more
Palestinians: Kerry and the Game of Obfuscation by Khaled Abu Toameh • This “intifada” is simply a further phase in a larger plan to destroy Israel. When the plan began officially, with the establishment of the PLO in 1964, there were no “settlements” — not until after the June 1967 War — so what exactly … Read more
Moshe Kempinski The people of Israel experience the revelation of the divine and yet soon after, fall into the sin of the golden calf. One needs to comprehend the enormity of that transgression and attempt to understand how it could have transpired altogether. It was an event that had catastrophic implications. Our sages teach that … Read more
Rabbi Chanan Morisson (based on the writings of Maran HaRav kook) The Torah reading of Terumah begins the section dealing with building the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and making the priestly clothes. These chapters are among the few in which the Torah places great emphasis on external beauty — art, craftsmanship, and aesthetics. Of particular interest is … Read more
David Singer The UN and Quartet are the ones who effectively doomed the two state solution. The UN Security Council and the Quartet – Russia, America, the United Nations and the European Union – have ended any expectations they had of successfully negotiating a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization – after … Read more
Moshe Kempinski The Torah portion of Terumah makes the following declaration: “And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell within them.” (Exodus 25:8). The concept that the Infinite can relate and dwell within finite space is one of the seemingly impossible concepts that form the basis of classical “Torah understanding”. We see … Read more
