Commentary by Ariel Ben Avraham of Safed, Israel. Illustration by Phillip Ratner Ratnermuseum The portion of this week is one of the...
Commentary by Ariel Ben Avraham of Safed, Israel. Illustration by Phillip Ratner Ratnermuseum “When you go out to battle against your enemies,...
Commentary by Ariel Ben Avraham of Safed, Israel. Illustration by Phillip Ratner Ratnermuseum Justice is the main subject is this week’s portion,...
Commentary by Ariel Ben Avraham of Safed, Israel. Sculpture by Phillip Ratner Ratnermuseum “See, I set before you this day a blessing...
Today is special considering that Arie is successfully recovering from quadruple by-pass surgery. Commentary by Ariel Ben Avraham of Safed, Israel. Reflecting...
“I beseeched G-d at that time” (Deuteronomy 3:23). Moses fulfilled his transcendental mission as the zealous vigilant-guide who led the children of...
Commentary by Ariel Ben Avraham of Safed, Israel. “And Moses spoke to the heads of the Tribes, to the children of Israel...
Commentary by Ariel Ben Avraham of Safed, Israel The previous portion, Balak, ends with the beginning of a story that continues in...
Commentary by Ariel Ben Avraham of Safed, Israel. I know Ariel through silence. 7 days we sat, listened and commented during a...
This week we not only have the art of Phillip Ratner on Emor but the commentary of Yeshayahu Leibowitz from his book...
This weeks Torah portion is packed with so much information, drama and intrigue that reading many of the commentaries makes for a...
“A uniform simultaneously invests the wearer with special authority(only special people can wear it) and diminishes the person’s personal authority(anyone wearing it...
This is the Torah portion where Yitro Moshe’s father-in-law advises Moshe to set up a multi-level judicial system in order to address...
In the Midrash: “One who recites the Shema is obligated to mention the splitting of the sea… Why does the splitting of...
The quote from the Torah/bible refers to the illustration appearing on Israelseen courtesy of international artist Phillip Ratner ratnermuseum.com Commentary “The locust...
The quote from the Torah/bible refers to the illustration appearing on Israelseen courtesy of international artist Phillip Ratner ratnermuseum.com In this parashah,Pharaoh...
I am using the Everett Fox translation into English because it is the most faithful to the original Hebrew. While every Hebrew...
“Jacob is aware that he will die outside the Land of Israel. Burial in his ancestral grave, in accordance with his wishes,...
This weeks Torah/Bible portion is full of intrigue and emotion. Below are some brief commentary’s from a few prominent Torah scholars. Every...
Professor Yeshayahu Leibowitz explains the meaning of a profound midrash (commentary) pertaining to Faith. “Jacob represents the Divine in man, while Pharaoh...
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