Coming Into the Light of Aliyah
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An Aliyah Harp Concert and Musical Event by Ariella Bracha Waldinger Can you imagine having a harp concert in your home with its heavenly strains wafting through your airspace? It happened yesterday, in our beautiful home in Tzfat. I planned it specifically for Rosh Chodesh Sivan, the new, dynamic Jewish month of the giving of... Continue Reading →
More and more Jews are coming home to Eretz Israel from all around the world. Rabbi Alon Anava talks about the importance of making aliyah and how to be successful in Israel. He speaks to all people, enlightening us to how HaShem works in the most incredible ways to help you find your home, community and... Continue Reading →
Spiritual Aliyah: Soulful Wisdom for New Immigrants to the Homeland By Ariella Bracha Waldinger New Immigrants to the Jewish homeland! Aliyah Jews! Awaken to the spiritual connections peeking out from amidst our G-d given land inheritance, As your Aliyah journey progresses and you meander through the back doors of bygone eras of Jewish history and... Continue Reading →
Yom HaZikaron: The Sacred Privilege of Awareness By Ariella Bracha Waldinger I never knew anything about Yom HaZikaron when I was living in America. The 4th of Iyar had no relevance to my life. I lived by the American calendar not the Jewish calendar. But thank G-d, since coming home to our nation’s divinely ordained... Continue Reading →
Yom HaShoah: Earth Shaking Echoes of Pain Wracked Bodies by Ariella Bracha Waldinger The day of REMEMBERING begins at night with the piercing scream of the siren…a time when silence reigns and earth shaking echoes of pain wracked bodies send seismic shock waves into the atmosphere. Words become too few and too narrow to speak,... Continue Reading →
Carrying Egypt Within: The Curse of Bondage By Ariella Bracha Waldinger We carry Egypt within us through the doubts we feel, Or by denying our greatness as Jews is real, Or not believing that a spiritual life has true appeal, Or forgetting that Shabbat is our covenantal seal! We carry Egypt within us when... Continue Reading →
King of the Months: Nisan—the Month of Miracles by Ariella Bracha Waldinger Did you know that Nisan is called the “King of the Months?” Nisan, by definition is the month of miracles because its root is from the Hebrew word Nes, which means miracle. It is the month of nessim—miracles. This alludes to the many miracles... Continue Reading →
Behold the Glory: Rosh Chodesh by Ariella Bracha Waldinger Behold the glory of Rosh Chodesh, because in ancient times, it occupied an exalted position in the matters of public life. The Hebrew word for month is “chodesh,” which also means newness. Rosh means head. If you think about it, the head of anything denotes great... Continue Reading →
The Purim Masquerade: Nothing is as it seems Our Rabbis teach that we wear costumes and disguise ourselves on Purim because nothing is as it seems. Purim is all about THE MASQUERADE! We also wear costumes for several other very important reasons: because the miracle of Purim was disguised in natural events and dressing in... Continue Reading →
Holistic House Cleaning for Passover by Ariella Bracha Waldinger Passover cleaning is upon us as we step into the second month of Adar on our way to the month of Nisan and Passover. The current reality of the world is divisive, filled with negativity, fragility and chaos. Life in our beloved Eretz HaKodesh is similar... Continue Reading →
Coming Into the Light of Aliyah 
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