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Reflections on Blessings and Nationhood Parsha Vayakhel By Ariella Bracha Waldinger Yesterday was one year from the date I received my positive test results from a full body scan showing that there was no cancer present in my body. Additionally, one month ago my lung CT indicated all was fine in my lungs. Hodu l'HaShem! The kindness of G-d fills... Continue Reading →
Netanyahu Made One Mistake By: Rabbi YY Jacobson http://production.theyeshiva.net/item/946/embed/minimal
Labels Belong on Clothing not Holy Jews By Ariella Bracha Waldinger The Jewish nation is extraordinarily holy. Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook zt’zl, first chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel, teaches us in the book, “Song of Teshuva” that as Jews, “we must appreciate the fact that we all share a common soul identity and... Continue Reading →
The Spiritual Enrichment of Purim by Ariella Bracha Waldinger From start to finish, Purim is enriched with the highest grade of uranium rich spiritual plutonium, in order to intentionally create an enormous blast in the spiritual universe. It starts off with a day of fasting, called the “Fast of Esther” whose purity and purpose are designed... Continue Reading →
The Tu B’shvt Seder: Insights into Living and Drawing down Blessings By Ariella Bracha Waldinger The festival of Tu B’Shvt, the “New Year of the Trees,” began at sundown on Tuesday, Feb. 3rd, 2015. The original purpose of Tu B’Shvt was solely related to the land of Israel and its laws of tithing fruit and orlah... Continue Reading →
Tu B’Shvat: a Celebration of Renewal by Ariella Bracha History and Customs Yesterday, I was walking through the neighborhood noticing the trees and their magnificence, in spite of their state of barrenness. I love their majestic and upright stance and the variety and uniqueness of each individual tree. Their regal stateliness makes them a true... Continue Reading →
Beshalach: Redemption and Song By Ariella Bracha My beloved Jewish nation, “I am G-d, your G-d who removed you from the land of Egypt to be a G-d to you!” The Torah portion of Beshalach is in my personal opinion, the most dramatic, heart-wrenching, heart-warming, suspenseful, exciting and revealing Torah portion of the entire five... Continue Reading →
Parsha Shemot: What’s In a Name? By Ariella Bracha Waldinger The opening Torah portion in the book of Exodus is titled Shemot which means “names.” The Torah commentaries teach us that one of the reasons our ancestors merited to leave Egypt and be redeemed was because they did not change their Hebrew name. Holding on... Continue Reading →
The Legendary Saga of the Sheriff of Tzfat By Ariella Bracha This week my husband Avraham celebrated his 68th birthday and I want to honor him by sharing the legendary saga of the Sheriff of Tzfat. This story is not just a legend but a true life story of my brave husband Avraham, who knows how... Continue Reading →
Chanukah the Eighth Day: a Force to be reckoned with By Ariella Bracha Waldinger The 8th day of Chanukah is almost upon us and it behooves us to glean a deeper understanding of its profound dimensions, in order to access its dynamic power. The 8th day of Chanukah is called Zot Chanukah and it... Continue Reading →
Coming Into the Light of Aliyah 
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