Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, The Arab demand for Israel’s withdrawal from Judea, Samaria and the Golan brought on their economic collapse and deadly revolutions. The Western obsession with Arab refugees in Israel brought on the plague of refugees in the US and Europe The Reason for the Ten Plagues As is known, God hardened Pharaoh’s heart … Read more
Moshe Kempinski Life Lessons from the Torah Portion “Beshalach “Exodus 13:17–17:16 Moshe Kempinski The Exodus from Egypt was filled with great and awesome wonders as well as with dramatic calamities. Yet all that transpired was orchestrated and achieved through the “Hand of Hashem” What followed the Exodus was no less dramatic and was to change … Read more
Rabbi Chanan Morisson “This is how you must eat [the Passover offering]: with your waist belted, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You must eat it with chipazon — in haste.” (Ex. 12:11) The word chipazon is an uncommon word. In the entire Bible, it appears only three times. Twice … Read more
Giulio Meotti, , Israel gets the dubious credit for uniting much of the world on the one thing they agree on: maligning Israel. The world is fractured along ethnic, religious, economic and political lines. Western Europe and Putin’s Russia are fighting each other in a war of propaganda. The Islamic world is imploding along the … Read more
Moshe Kempinski Life Lessons from the Torah Portion ” Bo ” Exodus 10:1–13:16 When did “time” begin? Is the answer to that question simply a function of the observer or is it an independent axiom of existence. In the words of Kant “Since the beginning is an existence which is preceded by a time in … Read more
Rabbi Chanan Morisson (Note: I found the following idea difficult to translate, as it requires some knowledge of Hebrew grammar. Nonetheless, it provides a fascinating example of how a Talmudic disagreement over a single letter may reveal a profound philosophical discussion.) ( Note2-The Hamotzi blessing is the one said on the eating of bread) It … Read more
Dr. Richard L. Cravatts Progressive activists in the US try to deflect blame for their campus anti anti-Semitism. In early December, a bipartisan Congressional bill, H.R. 6421/S. 10, the “Antisemitism Awareness Act,” took on a long-overdue task, namely, increasing “understanding of the parameters of contemporary anti-Jewish conduct and will assist the Department of Education in … Read more
Moshe Kempinski Life Lessons from the Torah Portion Va’eira Exodus 6:2-9:35 In the Torah portion of Shmot , we read at the end the pained cry of a frustrated Moshe. ” So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “O Lord! Why have You harmed this people? Why have You sent me? Since I have … Read more
