All posts tagged "Torah"

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Nitzavim – Why Be Jewish?

  By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks.  In the last days of his life Moses renews the covenant between God and Israel. The entire...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Day Forgiveness Was Born

  Art by Phillip Ratner. This is a very timely commentary for this time of year. By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks of Britain....

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Covenant & Conversation 5772: Ki Tavo – Listening and Law

  By International Artist Phillip Ratner.  Commentary by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks of England. It would be reasonable to assume that a language...

• IDF

  Soldiers Swearing in to the Israel Defense Forces Ceremony

  We are so proud of Yael, that she has finished her basic training and no preparing for her two year assignment in...

• Steve

  “The dominant culture in Israel has always directed its eyes towards the West.”

    Sami Michael at the 2012 ACUM Awards ceremony Photo by Daniel Tchetchik. This is a translation of a speech delivered by...

• Blogs

  How Individual Philosophy and World View Affect Halakhic Decisions

  Rabbi Kook  Rabbi Uziel.              Rabbi Kook and Rabbi Uziel studied the same talmudic and rabbinic sources. That their rulings were diametrically...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Ki Tetse – To be free, you have to let go of hate.

    By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks.  Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Ahavat Yisrael (love of Israel) – the duty that a leader bears for his nation.

  PARSHAT SHOFTIM (by Yehuda HaKohen) SHOFTIM deals primarily with statutes pertaining to Israel’s leadership. Because leadership is not a position of honor...

• Steve

  Israel – Birth of a Nation – Sir Martin Gilbert

  Fair Use as per US Copyright Law. The legends of the stolen land and “ethnic cleansing” are hard if not impossible to...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Separated from the mind, the heart became numb and developed into a “Heart of Stone”

      PARSHAT R’EH. by Yehuda HaKohen “Then it shall be that the place where HaShem, your G-D, will choose to rest His...

• Steve

  Somebody out there wants to kill me

  By Yair Lapid. The recent terror attempt at Sinai, which was miraculously thwarted at the last minute, reminded me of a very...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  As Israel returns to independence in our land…

             PARSHAT EKEV by Yehuda HaKohen. Another point of view. EKEV opens and closes with challenging ideas meant to condition the...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  HaShem is not some giant invisible tyrant but rather the timeless ultimate Reality

  PARSHAT VA’ETCHANAN (by Yehuda HaKohen) “I implored HaShem at that time, saying, `My L-rd, HaShem, You have begun to show Your servant...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Va’etchanan: The Lord is our God, the Lord is One

  By Ariel Ben Avraham. We must conceive our connection and relationship with God as part of Him. This is the main lesson...

• Yitzhaq Hayut-man

  A LOVE For The WORLD

  Rav Kook; transl. Rabbi B.Z. Bokser. “Great souls cannot dissociate themselves from the most universal concerns…The whole cannot achieve its highest fulfillment...

• Steve

  Liberty Patriarchs and Pioneers – The Search for Freedom and Individual Responsiblity

  “Go ye!” – Patriarchs and Pioneers by Kenneth Hanson  .“Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the...

• Algemeiner News Service

  Why Are We Afraid to Speak the Real Truth About Israel?

      The famous Israeli flag above the Choshen building in East Jerusalem signifies Jewish presence. Photo: JewishPress.com. By Yosef Y. Jacobson. This...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Devarim: Facing the Material World

  by Ariel Ben Avraham. “The Lord our God spoke to us in Horeb [Sinai], [and] said: ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain. Turn and journey forth (…)’” (Deuteronomy 1:6-7)...

• Steve

  Mayor of Tel-Aviv-Yafo: Jerusalem is the capital of Israel

  Apparently the BBC and the Guardian UK think otherwise.   httpv://youtu.be/u1wJHaI56Vw

• Weekly Torah Reading

  You shall possess the land and you shall dwell in it – Parshat Masei

    Another perspective on the past and present situations in the Redemption of the Jewish Nation, Eretz Yisrael, State of Israel. by...