All posts tagged "Torah"

• Blogs

  Hear, O Friends of Israel – Daniel Johnson

  By Daniel Johnson “Jewish history teaches, if anything can, that there is a purpose to human existence and that we are not...

• Blogs

  Israelis get their green thumbs ready for Tu B’Shevat celebrations

          Children planting trees in the Biriya forest near Safed on Monday. Photo credit: Dror Artzi – Jini  byDan Lavie and Itsik...

• Blogs

  Change of Heart – Abraham Joshua Heschel

  A compelling perspective on the thought and life of Abraham Joshua Heschel that is beginning to take root in Israeli society. Dror...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Pillar of Cloud and its Movements – Beshalah

  (Ex. 13:17-17:16) – Dr. Yitzhaq Hayut-Man. In the preceding Parashot in the Book of Exodus we have focused on items that came...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  HaShem has inspired a new generation with a lofty spirit uncorrupted by fear or passivity.

  PARSHAT BESHALACH (by Yehuda HaKohen) “Pharaoh approached; the Children of Israel raised their eyes and behold! – Egypt was journeying after them,...

• David Hazony

  B’shallah: Hands Up!

  By David Hazony. The stories in this week’s reading may seem disjointed, but in fact they form a single unit.  A modern editor,...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  and the Gold of Egypt – Parashat Bo

  Dr. Yitzhaq Hayut-Man. The name of the third Parashah in the Book of Exodus (Shemot, meaning “Names of…”) is Bo (בא)  –...

• Blogs

  Bo: From Darkness to Light

  by Ariel Ben Avraham  The last three plagues prior to the Exodus from Egypt came with a deeper awareness of the Creator...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The word hametz shares the root letters of l’hahmitz – to miss.. Parashat BO

  by Yehuda HaKohen .”You shall safeguard the matzot, for on this very day I will have taken your legions out of the...

• Blogs

  Arabs And Jews Explore Shared Heritage – Digging Up Abraham’s Roots

       By Hanna Szekeres, NoCamels Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Could this biblical phrase, which was written in the Middle...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Pharaoh replied, `Who is HaShem that I should heed His voice to send out Israel?

  by Yehuda HaKohen. “Pharaoh replied, `Who is HaShem that I should heed His voice to send out Israel? I do not know...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Powers of the Matteh – Staff

  Parashat va’Era (Exodus 6:2-8:28) by Dr. Yitzhaq Hayut-Man. The name of the parashah – ‘VaEra’ – only appears once and that is...

• Steve

  Jewbilation – The Sound of Shabbat

  We are lightening things up a bit today at israelseen. With all the speculation about the “end of days” we thought it...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Awe of HaShem – The Highest Understanding of Love – Shemot

  by Yehuda HaKohen.  “The King of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the first was Shifrah and...

• 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...