All posts tagged "Torah"

• 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...

• 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...