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PARSHA CHUKAT: INSTANT GRATIFICATION VERSUS ETERNAL VALUES: G-D’S HOLY WARS By Ariella Bracha Waldinger Rav Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, first chief Rabbi of pre-state Israel, discusses the obscure reference to the “Book of G-d’s Wars” that concludes this week’s Torah portion. What are G-d’s wars? Rav Kook states they are the ideological battles of the... Continue Reading →
Global Aliyah Up 55 Percent, Due Largely to Increased Immigration from France, Ukraine Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky announced that global aliyah is up 55%, due largely to dramatic increases in immigration from France and Ukraine. Speaking at the opening plenary of the Jewish Agency Board of Governors’ June meetings in... Continue Reading →
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES; WHICH WILL IT BE? Parsha Shelach: The Consequences of the Spies' Choice By Ariella Bracha Waldinger Truth or Consequences was the first game show to air on broadcast television. It ran from the 1940's until the 1970's and was a very successful show. The contestant was asked a trivia question (an off... Continue Reading →
SWIMMING IN THE TORAH CHANNEL CALLED SHAVUOT By Ariella Bracha Waldinger Breaking waves and currents of wondrous flowing water Spread out over the expanse of the world As the currents of the Torah of Shavuot begins to descend from the heavens. Its imminence permeates the world and saturates the air, sea and land, As it... Continue Reading →
TIME AND TRANSCENDENCE: SIVAN, SHAVUOT and SINAI By Ariella Bracha Waldinger Rosh Chodesh Rosh Chodesh (the new month) of Sivan, began this year on Thursday night, May 29th. Rosh Chodesh is considered a minor holiday and according to Jewish tradition, was the first mitzvah (commandment) given to the Jewish people in Egypt. The counting... Continue Reading →
Today (Thursday) is the eve of the new month of Sivan, the most opportune day of the year for us to pray for our children. Our custom is to say the Shla's Prayer ("Shla" is the acronym for "Shnai Luchot Habrit", a classic guide to the service of Hashem). We must pray for the little lambs to become... Continue Reading →
Today we are celebrating the little known and even less observed, but tremendously important holiday of Yom Yerushalayim, in honor of the reunification in 1967 of our Holy City after our exile from it in 1948. There are a tremendous amount of resources, both articles and videos to help you understand the great miracles that... Continue Reading →
THE HISTORY OF THE POPULAR AND BEAUTIFUL SOUL-STIRRING SONG "JERUSALEM OF GOLD" By Ariella Bracha Waldinger The song, "Jerusalem of Gold" is not just a song but a literal piece of G-dly inspiration whose origins arose from a legend about Rabbi Akiva and his wife, Rachel. Much has been written about this incredible song whose birth... Continue Reading →
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