e Lessons from the Torah Portion Parshat Emor (Leviticus 21:1–24:23) Many people who embark on a path of spiritual growth or a journey to self-fulfillment, find themselves waiting most of the time. They wait for inspiration. They wait for the right timing. Many times they continue to wait. Sometimes they fall into the more dangerous … Read more
Israel is cast as evil, when only Israel is held accountable in a conflict, and when Israel’s fundamental right to exist as a Jewish homeland is questioned, criticism crosses into anti-Semitic territory. Through her actions and statements about Israel and Jews, celebrity Islamist activist Linda Sarsour fails the “3D test.” In a recent Newsweek article, … Read more
sponsibility. Moshe Kempinski, The Parshah of Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1–20:27) begins with G-d’s statement to the people of Israel: ” And Hashem spoke to Moshe, saying,Speak to the entire congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, You shall be holy, for I, Hashem, your G-d, am holy.( Leviticus 19:1-2). We see this concept … Read more
per“The Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem 1917-1988” deliberately misrepresented the actual wording of General Assembly Resolution 181. The United Nations publication “The Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem 1917-1988” (“Study”) has deliberately misrepresented the actual wording of General Assembly Resolution 181 passed on 29 November 1947 – deceiving many academics who have … Read more
” You shall live by them” Moshe Kempinski Life Lessons from the Torah Portion Parshat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim(Leviticus 16:1–20:27) In the Torah- portions of Acharei-Mot we read the following: You shall fulfill My ordinances and observe My statutes, to walk in them. I am the Lord, your God. You shall observe My statutes and My … Read more
Lessons from the Torah Portion Parshat Tazria- Metzorah(Leviticus 12:1–15:33) The Torah reading of Tazria- Metzorah(Leviticus 12:1–15:33) enters into a world that is clearly beyond the realm of logic and the natural order of things . The ailment described in the Torah reading called Tzaraat has been translated as Leprosy . Yet clearly the physical ailment … Read more
quiet English-speaking pilot that loved classical music, was the IAF’s first martyr. The people of Ashdod and all of Israel owe him a debt of eternal gratitude. Israel’s Memorial Day, Yom HaZikaron, begins this year on Tuesday evening, April 24, 2012. Israel never forgets its debt of eternal gratitude to its sons and daughters who … Read more
he Kempinski This is the day that Hashem made; we shall sing out and rejoice thereon.( Psalm 118:24) As we enter the month of Iyar , we begin the days of celebration for the establishment of the State of Israel, followed three weeks later by the day celebrating the reunification of Jerusalem. Yet there is … Read more
