The world through the lens of Torah
Do Police do more harm than good? Can’t we solve our problems on our own? What about corrupt Police and Judges? Aren’t all people basically good? This deep dive into this controversial topic will suprise you with its Torah insights. Notes and sources below the video!!! Source Sheets Thank you for participating in this Seminar […]
Was it… 5 Books of the Torah? … That was 40 years later! 2 Tablets of the Law? … That was 40 DAYS later! 10 Commandments? … Not exactly… Join us for a deep dive into that eventful day of Divine Revelation to learn what really was transmitted to the Nation of Israel. Source Sheet […]
Tu B’Shvat has great significance in the agricultural laws that are relevant in the Land of Israel. The 15th day of the month of Shvat (which falls on Feb 10, 2020) is the cut-off date in the Hebrew calendar for calculating the age of a fruit-bearing tree. Each tree is considered to have its “birthday” […]
In Part I, we learned that the Torah treats the Land of Israel as a “Morasha” – a Heritage handed down from the previous generation. The Land must be possessed and preserved by the current generation to be handed down to the next generation for eternity. The idea to “give away parts of the Land […]
On January 28, 2020 President Trump announced the “Deal of the Century.” It is his plan to settle the conflict between the State of Israel and the Palestinian Arabs. (Read all 181 pages here) Unlike any previous peace plans in the history of the State of Israel, this one was almost universally lauded by the […]
During the Six Day War in 1967 on the 28th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar, Israeli troops captured the eastern part of the divided city of Jerusalem and repatriated the Holy City and the Temple mount to Jewish sovereignty. This was a liberation we had waited for, for almost 2000 years and part […]
Genesis 18:1-8 finds Avraham recovering from his circumcision in the heat of the desert day. Yet, when he sees three men appear, he runs to greet them and invite them into his tent to refresh themselves. The Midrash tells us that after Avraham would feed his guests, he would ask them to recite a blessing […]
The days between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur are taken seriously in Israel… you can feel it in the air. Everyone is preparing – whether they are in Torah study halls or in businesses. I teach once a week in Netanya at a post-high school gap year seminary program for English-speaking girls from abroad. The […]
In Israel this past weekend we celebrated Shabbat followed by the Festival of Shavuot. Since Passover, we counted 49 days, and on the 50th day (Saturday night and Sunday) we mark the day that the Nation of Israel stood at the foot of Mount Sinai and accepted the revelation of Torah as a gift and […]
At the end of this post is the ancient prayer authored by King Hezekiah that we should be shouting to the heavens These are frightening times for the People of Israel. The enemy has slaughtered eleven of God’s children in the the middle of Shabbat Prayers in a Synagogue. It’s a wake-up call for the […]
