by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 29, 2022 | News, DI
The Book of Bamidbar, which literally means ‘in the desert’, is referred to in English as Numbers. Rather appropriately, it begins with a census of the Children of Israel (Numbers 1). This is, in fact, the third census taken during the two years since the...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 27, 2022 | Blog, DI
The Talmud (Sanhedrin 94a) states that God was ready to appoint King Hezekiah as the Messiah but decided against it because he didn’t sing after Hashem did miracles for him. The Talmud is referring to the incident described in (II Kings 18-19) in which the...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 27, 2022 | Blog, DI
Jerusalem Day commemorates the reunion of the Jewish people with their holiest site, the Temple Mount, during the 1967 Six-Day War. It is celebrated annually on the 28th of Iyar and is marked officially throughout Israel with state ceremonies and memorial services....
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 26, 2022 | Blog, DI
On the 28th of Iyar, Israel celebrates Jerusalem Day which commemorates the reunion of the Jewish people with their holiest site, the Temple Mount, in the 1967 Six-Day War. What few people know is that the day after taking part in the unification of Jerusalem, Rabbi...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 25, 2022 | Blog, DI
There are two passages in the Torah that contain a short list of promised blessings should the Children of Israel adhere to the commandments, and a longer list of curses should they not. The first is found in Leviticus chapter 26 and the second is in Deuteronomy...
