Moshe Kempinski The headlines are simply maddening. The statements and assumptions made by so called rational and intelligent leaders boggle the mind. President Obama declares that he will veto new sanctions on Iran and then warns senators not to be swayed by donors (read “the Jews”) regarding those sanctions. The United Kingdom’s pleas to Imams … Read more
Oseh Shalom Bimromav Moshe Kempinski A short time before Yoav Hattab, (H’yd) was killed in the Kosher market in Paris, he was visiting here in the old city of Jerusalem with his friends as part of the “Taglit” program. From the pictures and videos his friends have put up, it is clear that he was … Read more
Moshe Kempinski “A man of the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi. The woman conceived and bore a son, and [when] she saw him that he was good, she hid him for three months.”(Exodus 2:1-2) After Pharaoh’s decree that all the male children should be cast into the Nile River, a … Read more
Moshe Kempinski Joseph brings his two sons to receive a blessing from his ailing father Jacob. His father prefaces the blessing with the following words; “So he blessed them on that day, saying, “Thusly , Israel shall bless, saying, ‘May God make you like Ephraim and like Menasheh,’ ” (Genesis 48:20) To this very day … Read more
Moshe Kempinski In the world of Ancient Egypt the will of the ruler was supreme and deadly. One would be taking a great risk to confront and disagree with the whims and dictates of any ruler. Yet we read that Judah gathered that strength and moved into the line of fire. “Then Yehuda (Judah) approached … Read more
Moshe Kempinski The greatest purpose of mankind is to be God’s language in the world .That is why G-d chose a people , as an example , to to reveal that truth. “Now therefore, Hashem our G-d, I beseech You, save us out of his ( the enemy surrounding the walls of Jerusalem) hand, that … Read more
Moshe Kempinski The people of Israel are entering into a delicate and dangerous time. The world is rallying against Israel. The Moslem nations are brandishing their sabers and unveiling their threats. Yet in the midst of all this, Israel is entering into a period of elections. This is a period wherein divisiveness rules. Every one … Read more
Bsd Moshe Kempinski The understood meaning of Jacob’s name in the world is he who supplants, undermines, the heel. Yet that is an unusual understanding as that definition comes from the lips of a man who hated Jacob. “Esau said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? This is the second time he has taken advantage of … Read more
