Rabbi Chanan Morisson With the construction of the Tabernacle complete, the holy structure began to fulfill its primary purpose: a conduit for communication between God and Moses. “I will commune with you there, speaking to you above the ark-cover” (Ex. 25:22). Before each actual communication, God would first summon Moses to the tent, with a … Read more
Gil Ronen, A7 Staff Less than six days before the polls open on Election Day, there is a palpable concern in nationalist circles – and real hope in some leftist ones – that the Left could topple Likud from government and take its place. Some polls give the Labor-Hatnua ticket under Yitzhak Herzog and Tzipi … Read more
Rabbi J. Sacks The simcha we celebrate throughout the month of Adar is different from the normal joy we feel when something good and positive has happened to us or our people. Rabbi Dr. Sacks was Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the… There is a unique law in the approach to Purim. … Read more
by Rabbi Benjamin Blech Echoes of Queen Esther who broke protocol in the face of an Iranian threat to destroy her people. Controversy surrounds the Prime Minister of Israel’s forthcoming appearance on Capitol Hill. Invited by Republican House Speaker John Boehner to address Congress about the threat of Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed this … Read more
Moshe Kempinski Israel mourns two brilliant religious Zionist publicists, Uri Elitzur and MK Uri Orbach, both of whom died recently. Sadly, this week a memorial was held for another legendary religious Zionist media figure, Adir Zik, who died ten years ago. Arutz Sheva reposts an article written shortly after Adir Zik’s death, ten years ago, … Read more
Moshe Kempinski In the Torah portion of Mishpatim we read of an astounding account; And Moses and Aaron, Nadav and Avihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel ascended, and they perceived the G-d of Israel, and beneath His feet was like the forming of a sapphire brick and like the appearance of the heavens … Read more
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks Yitro(Exodus 18-20) The revelation at Mount Sinai – the central episode not only of the parshah of Yitro, but of Judaism as a whole – was unique in the religious history of mankind. Other faiths (Christianity and Islam) have claimed to be religions of revelation, but in both cases the revelation … Read more
Rabbi Chanan morisson In honor of the upcoming Tu B’Shavt festival- the “new Year” of the trees In the spring of 1950, Rav Tzvi Yehuda Kook published an article entitled, “The Beauty of the Tree.” The article addresses the divide that is sometimes erected between one’s inner spiritual life and the outer world, especially the … Read more
