Moshe Kempinski As we begin the journey of Avraham and the Jewish people we hear of a promise given to Avraham. ” “And Hashem said to Avram, “Go forth from your land and from your birthplace and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you. And I will make you into … Read more
by Bassam Tawil These terrorists aren’t driven by poverty. They want to see Israel destroyed and Jews slaughtered. During the past few days, I had occasion to visit the homes of some of the Palestinian men and women involved in the ongoing wave of terrorism against Israelis – the violence that some are calling an … Read more
Rabbi Chanan Morisson Based on Rav Kook’s Torah The Torah’s revelation at Mount Sinai was such a momentous, electrifying event, its repercussions could be heard around the world: “When the Torah was given to Israel, the sound reverberated from one end of the world to the other. In their palaces, the kings of all the … Read more
Moshe Kempinski At times, when the hoary ugly head of bloodlust and terrorism raises its head that there is a sense of being engulfed in a flood of pain uncertainty and evil. This has been the case throughout the generation of this people’s walk through history, We are in the midst of such a time … Read more
by Rabbi Chanan Morrison Rav Kook Torah The Midrash relates how the first letter of the Torah was selected. Before the world was created, the letters of the alphabet presented themselves before God. The letter Aleph then announced: I should be used to create the world, since I am the first letter in the alphabet. … Read more
Moshe Kempinski The world is plagued by the passion for solutions and easy answers. All the events and predicaments of the world are measured by first defining the solutions and then attempting to achieve those solutions in sixty minutes minus commercials. The world has become so focused on destinations that they forget the journey. They … Read more
Rabbi Pruzhansky Fourteen years ago today the clenched fist of Arab-Islamic terror smashed into the United States of America, murdering almost three thousand innocent souls, devastating lives, shaking America (at least temporarily) out of its complacency and nudging the American polity into several Middle Eastern wars. Those wars have not ended well; indeed, the situation … Read more
Moshe Kempinski Yom Kippur calls forth the potential spark of repentance. It impacts the soul in such a way to empower it to seek repentance. In the Torah portion of “Acharei Mot “ ( Leviticus 16:1-18-30) we read the following regarding Yom Kippur: “For on this day it shall atone ( Yechaper) for you to … Read more
