Moshe Kempinski What does G-d being in a cloud signify? We read of an astounding account in the Torah portion of Mishpatim “And Moshe and Aaron, Nadav and Avihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel ascended, and they perceived the G-d of Israel,… and they perceived G-d, and they ate and drank. ( Exodus … Read more
Att’y Stephen M. Flatow Stephen M. Flatow, an attorney in New Jersey, is the father of Alisa Flatow, who was murdered in an Iranian-sponsored Palestinian terrorist attack in 1995. There’s no point in mincing words: this is a Palestinian Arab “War on Women.” In the space of barely a week, Palestinian Arab terrorists have singled … Read more
Moshe Kempinski After the dramatic and supernatural event at the revelation at Mount Sinai we read the following “And these are the ordinances that you shall set before them”(Exodus 21:1) We need to focus on two terms used in our text. The first is” VeEilu-And these are ” and the second is ” Asher Tasim … Read more
Rabbi Chanan Morisson “And all the people saw the sounds …” (Ex. 20:15). The Midrash calls our attention to an amazing aspect of the revelation at Sinai: the Jewish people were able to see what is normally only heard. What does this mean? Standing near the Source At their source, sound and sight are united. … Read more
Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” “Israel Hayom”, January 22, 2016, US Ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro believes in “Land for Peace” and echoes the US Administration pressure on Israel to retreat to the pre-1967 ceasefire lines: an 8-15 mile sliver along the Mediterranean, towered over by the mountain ridges of Judea … Read more
Moshe Kempinski In describing the Exodus from Egypt Hashem declares the following; “You have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings ( Kanfei Nesharim), and brought you to Myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice, and keep My covenant, you shall be My own treasure … Read more
Barry Shaw Blaming the victim for failed policies is the typical leftist reaction to current migrant violence. Recent incidents highlighted the dangerously failed European left-wing politics that has draped itself in the false cloak of morality and judgment. Israel has been hit by over a thousand terror attacks perpetrated by Palestinian Arabs in a four … Read more
Moshe Kempinski Seven days after the Exodus the Israelites stood at the edge of the Reed Sea. The Egyptians were closing in from the back and the desert was closing in on the sides, and they cried out in fear. The Mechilta describes that as they stood at the shore of the sea, the people … Read more
