All posts tagged "Torah"

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Who Am I? Shmot – Exodus 1:1-6:1

  Moses’ second question to God at the burning bush was, Who are you? “So I will go to the Israelites and say,...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Semantic Insights for Parashat vaYehi – Gen. 47:28-50:26

  Dr. Yitzhaq Hayut-Man. This Parashah deals with Ya’aqov’s death, yet the name of the Parashah – vaYehy-ויחי – suggests life – hayim....

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Stories of the Baal Shem Tov – Israel

  Parshas VAyEchi.  And then there was the time, shortly before his leaving this world, that the holy Baal Shem Tov called for...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Vayechi: The Blessing of Love’s Unity

  By Ariel Ben Avraham. The unity of Israel as Jacob’s family and as a Nation is the main message of Vayechi, and...

• Steve

  Happy New Year from Israel

  Happy New Year from all of us at IsraelSeen. Here are a few short videos  that share our hope and desire for...

• Blogs

  Women on the Bus

  by Miriam Kosman.  An acquaintance of mine who writes for a secular women’s magazine here in Israel called to ask if I...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Idea of One – the complete belief in the unity of Israel and HaShem

  Here is another point of view regarding the weekly parasha/Torah/Bible reading. PARSHAT VAYIGASH by Yehuda HaKohen. “Thus Israel settled in the land...

• Video

  The Israel You May Have Never Seen Before

  Can ancient prophecies about Israel be true? Is the Bible true or relevant today?   httpv://youtu.be/ydwxy9yqhzM

• Blogs

  Semantic Insights Parashat vaYigash – 44:18-47:27

  Dr. Yitzhaq Hayut-Man. The Name of the Parashah and its Meaning. The key word for this Parashah is va’Yigash (ויגש), a verb...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Day Forgiveness Was Born

  This is one of the most profound Dvar Torah (commentaries) written about forgiveness. We all should surely take the time to read...

• Blogs

  Second Temple Era Seal Unveiled

  “The Israel Antiquities Authority unveiled a rare ancient seal that underscores the bond of the Jewish people to Jerusalem. The tiny seal,...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Semantic Insights for Parashat miQez Gen. 41:1 – 44:17

  by Dr. Yitzhaq Hayut-Man. The Parasha is called MiQeZ מקץ, namely “at the End” or rather “from the End” and reflects on...

• David Hazony

  Mikeitz: Joseph’s Torture

  By David Hazony How to make sense of Joseph? http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/content/detail/continue-reading-josephs-torture This week we learn of his nearly pathological efforts to ensnare, baffle,...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Yosef recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him. – BEREISHIT 42:8

  PARSHAT MIKEITZ by Yehuda HaKohen “Yosef recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.” (BEREISHIT 42:8) On this verse, the Gaon...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  CHANUKAH – Israel’s Mission

  We enter a time when voices resound in the call for redemption. What that means and in what form  it should or...

• Blogs

  Israeli Daniel Jonas – Speech at French Embassy Reception

  The speech at the French Embassy reception was made by Daniel Jonas of Havruta. Havruta- Religious Homosexuals in Israel was founded by...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Semantic Insights to Parashat vaYeshev – Gen. 37-40

  Dr. Yitzhaq Hayut-Man. “And Ya’aqov dwelt in the land where his father sojourned, in the land of Kena’an“. The Hebrew (original) version...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The power of Redemption is personified by the Hebrew Nation’s potential to build a society

  PARSHAT VAYEISHEV by Yehuda HaKohen While the power of Redemption is personified by the Hebrew Nation’s potential to build a society that...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Vayeishev: Israel as the Firstborn

  By Ariel Ben Avraham  Vayeishev is the first of the last three portions of the book of Genesis, and the main character...

• Blogs

  Rabbi Professor David Hartman – leaders of Religious Zionism have lost all sense of purpose

  David Hartman. ‘God is pressuring me not to give up’  Photo: Alex Kolomoisky. This interview with Rabbi David Hartman   recently appeared on...