by Sara Debbie Gutfreund ( aish.com) In the midst of the most horrific nightmare, these righteous women are reaching out to the Jewish world with a message of hope. After the horrific attack in the shul in Har Nof last week, I couldn’t sleep for the next few nights. I couldn’t stop thinking about the … Read more
Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed Leading religious Zionist rabbi, Rosh (Dean of) Yeshivat Beit El, sent a letter to the high school students in Beit El about the Har Nof massacre. To the Dear Students of Bnei Tzvi Yeshiva, During this difficult period, after the terrible massacre in the Har Nof synagogue, our pain is deep, … Read more
Rabbi Chanan Morisson “Isaac went out to meditate (lasu’ach) in the field toward evening.” (Gen. 24:63) The meaning of the word lasu’ach is unclear, and is the subject of a dispute among the Biblical commentators. The Rashbam (Rabbi Samuel ben Meir, twelfth century scholar) wrote that it comes from the word si’ach, meaning ‘plant.’ According … Read more
Moshe Kempinski The mainstay of the life of a person of faith is his awareness of a relationship with the Creator based on love and faithfulness .As king David writes; ”But you, O Hashem, are a G-d merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness”( Psalm 86:15 ). The responsibility … Read more
Dr. Mordechai Kedar Why did Islamists target Yehuda Glick? And what does it tell us about Israeli Arab plans for Israel and Jerusalem? The plan for the attempted assassination of Yehuda Glick is just one phase of the long term struggle for Jerusalem between an Islam that sees itself as the true religion on the … Read more
by Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld It’s during the quiet times of life that we show God what we are truly made of. Post-Sukkot always feels like such an anticlimax. Major holiday after major holiday passed us by in quick-fire procession. We progressed from the awe of the month of Elul and the High Holidays to the … Read more
Rabbi Chanan Morisson During the evenings of the Succoth holiday, there was music, dancing, and even juggling in the holy Temple. This joyous activity was called the Simchat Beit-HaSho’eivah, the Water-Drawing Celebration. While usually wine was used in libation ceremonies, during the holiday of Succoth the kohanim poured water — drawn the previous night from … Read more
Rochel Sylvetsky Watch young Jewish children rejoicing in the Torah – may their innocence and purity merit G-d’s granting His people a tranquil year. The Talmudic Sage Resh Lakish said in the name of Rabbi Judah the Prince: “The world continues to exist only in the merit of the utterances of ‘tinokot shel bet raban’ … Read more
