LIGHTING THE DARKNESS
In a world wherein darkness seems to overwhelm the light the Torah portion of BeHaalotcha gives (numbers 8:1-12:16) us some insight as how to bring light back into the world to view please click here
TO BE AN IVRI ( a Hebrew)
Moshe Kempinski Avraham was told that Lot his nephew had been taken away as a prisoner of war. According to the text, “a fugitive brought the news to Abram the Hebrew (Avram ha’ivri)” (Gen. 14:13). The Hebrew One / Ha’ivri. We see similarly with Yoseph the same term IVRI is used to describe this descendant … Read more
IN THE MIDST OF THE CLOUD
TORAH PORTION OF NASO Numbers 4:21–7:89 Moshe Kempinski , There are times when things seem so perfectly clear. There are other times when nothing makes sense anymore. The tragedies in Miron and in Givat Zeev in the midst of rejoicing and dancing gives us pause. The senseless murder of children and other innocents at the … Read more
THE MIRACLE OF JERUSALEM DAY
THE MIRACLE OF JERUSALEM DAY…Click Here to watch https://www.facebook.com/worldmizrachi/videos/286235913143288
YOM YERUSHALAYIM the holiday of miracles
celebrating YOM YERUSHALAYIM Moshe Kempinskiwww.shorashimshop.com Miracles and faith have an uneasy ongoing relationship. Faith must be engaged and be continued even in the absence of miracles. Yet our relationship with our Creator yearns for the occurrence of Divine intervention in our private and national lives. We must learn to walk a walk of faith that … Read more
THE POWER OF SILENCE :commemorating Yom Hashoa
AFTER ALL THE HORRIFIC MEMORIES AND LESSONS FROM THE SHOAH ( Holocaust ) HOW DOES ONE GATHER THE STRENGTH AND FAITH TO MOVE FORWARD To join the study click here on this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9aF8k1KKO8
Hanna Senesh ( one of the modern heroines of Israel 1921-1944)
by Judith Tydor BaumelOne of the more poignant songs included in many Holocaust memorial convocations held in Israel, is a short poem, set to music, known popularly as “Eli, Eli.” The four-line poem, actually entitled “Walking to Caesarea,” was written by one of the more mythological figures in contemporary Jewish and Israeli history, Hannah Szenes, … Read more
Broken and whole
Parshat Shemini (Leviticus 9:1-11:47) Moshe Kempinski, Can there be anything more fulfilling than succeeding in becoming a vessel of G-d’s presence in this world? Yet how does an individual or a collective ever achieve such a state of being? How does one develop a sense of holiness? That desired state is not only an option … Read more