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Lech Lecha:Receiving Our Divine Inheritance By Ariella Bracha Waldinger Lech Lecha is the quintessential Torah portion that teaches us that G-d established Eretz Yisrael as the eternal heritage of the Jewish people. In fact, He required Avram and Sarai to leave the land of their birth, sever their ties, leave their loved ones and go to... Continue Reading →
THE DELICIOUS, JUICY FRUITS OF THE LAND TASTE THEM FOR YOURSELF By Ariella Bracha Waldinger Everyone who has studied the Bible knows that Eretz Yisrael is known for her delicious tasting fruits. When the spies, whose jobs was to search out the good qualities of the Holy Land, discovered the size and taste of the... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
LECH LECHA Lech Lecha is the quintessential Torah portion that states succinctly that G-d commanded Avraham to "go for yourself, from your land, from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land I will show you," which turned out to be The Holy Land—Eretz Yisrael. Leave everything behind! It is never easy to... Continue Reading →
Korach, the Divisiveness of Jealousy Today, if one reads the daily news, it might seem that we have become one big machloket. As a government, we are in dispute with other governments in the world. Within our own medina, one party is in dispute with the other. As Am Yisrael, we are in dispute with... Continue Reading →
SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR BY ARIELLA BRACHA WALDINGER Have you ever been challenged by the reality of being so near to success, or reaching a long awaited goal and suddenly, you feel it slipping through your fingers due to your own bad choice?....so Near and yet so Far. It feels so sad, so... Continue Reading →
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