All posts tagged "Jewish spirituality"

• Blogs

  The Messianic Consciousness in Jewish Prophecy (XXII) Isaiah

  llustration by Yoseph Savan based on The Zohar . by Ariel Ben Avraham  Our Sages call Isaiah the Prophet of consolation, in...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Bereishit – Taking Responsibility

    Sculpture by Phillip Ratner-Ratner Museum.  Commentary by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.  If leadership is the solution, what is the problem? On this,...

• Guest Contributors

  The Decline of Ultra-Orthodox Power in Israel

  by Naomi Ragen  In the recent past, such goings-on would have been greeted with violent haredi demonstrations, particularly during the summer months...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Messianic Consciousness in Jewish Prophecy (XXI) Jeremiah

    llustration by Yoseph Savan based on The Zohar . by Ariel Ben Avraham   “I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [saying]:...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  What exactly is a sukkah? What is it supposed to represent?

    The question is essential to the mitzvah itself. The Torah says: “Live in sukkot for seven days: All native-born Israelites are...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Messianic Consciousness in Jewish Prophecy (XX) Jeremiah

  llustration by Yoseph Savan based on The Zohar . by Ariel Ben Avraham  “Thus said the Lord, the God of Israel: Cursed...

• IDF

  How IDF Soldiers Observe Yom Kippur

  In 1973, IDF soldiers were called on to fight the invading armies on the holiest day of the Jewish year. Tomorrow the...

• Steve

  My Personal Thoughts for this New Year

  This blog is in honor of two of my closest friends that are no longer with us. Yoram Getzler,z”l  my co-host at...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Courage to Grow

        A Yom Kippur message from Rabbi Sacks   I vividly remember the surprise and delight I had when I...

• Blogs

  The Happiest People on Earth

  What is the secret to ultimate happiness? This year find out the secret to living your best life from the happiest people...

• Steve

  Yom Kippur – The Spark of Ahavat Yisrael (Love of Israel)

  As you enter into this unique and special day on our Jewish calendar, seek out your Israel Inspiration and think about how...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Messianic Consciousness in Jewish Prophecy (XIX) Jeremiah

    llustration by Yoseph Savan based on The Zohar . In order to fully assimilate the Messianic Consciousness as the premise for...

• Steve

  PM Netanyahu’s Greetings for Rosh Hashana 5774

  We at Israelseen wish all of our friends a healthy, inspired  and sweet New Year-Rosh Hashana.   [youtube=youtu.be/ay42HCyifh0&w=520&h=315]

• Blogs

  Rosh Hashana – New Year Videos

  Israelseen wishes everyone a Happy New Year  filled with Peace and Discovery.   Aiming Higher, a Rosh Hashanah New Year’s experiment. How...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Messianic Consciousness in Jewish Prophecy (XVIII) Jeremiah

  llustration by Yoseph Savan based on The Zohar . The most persecuted, humiliated and oppressed of all Jewish Prophets was Jeremiah. Not...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  The Torah as God’s Song

      At the end of his life, having given the Israelites at God’s behest 612 commands, Moses is instructed to give them...

• Steve

  See What Happens When an Anti-Semitic Politician learns he is a Jew!!!

      What do you do when you learn you’re the very thing you hated? CBN News reports from Budapest on one man’s...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Messianic Consciousness in Jewish Prophecy (XVII) Ezekiel

    In these three chapters the Prophet describes the dimensions and chambers of the third and final Temple destined to last forever....

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  A Sense of History

      Art by Phillip Ratner – Ratner Musem. Ki Tavo begins with the ceremony of bringing firstfruits to the Temple. The Mishnah...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Parameters of Justice

    Sculpture by Phillip Ratner – Ratner Museum In Deuteronomy 24, we encounter for the first time the explicit statement of a...