by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 23, 2023 | Samuel, Ecclesiastes
Late on a cold winter night in January 1948, thirty-five Palmach soldiers headed out, surreptitiously carrying military and medical supplies on their backs to the besieged community of Gush Etzion. Dawn broke before they reached their destination and the convoy was...
by Rabbi Elie Mischel | f 22, 2023 | Bo, Zechariah
Before Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935) became the chief rabbi of pre-State Israel, he served as the rabbi of Boisk, Latvia. On the holiday of Purim, 1897, Rabbi Kook sat together with some of the young men who were students in his religious school and shared...
by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 21, 2023 | Isaiah
This prophecy of the end times describes the multitudes among the nations who will visit Jerusalem and worship God there. Take note of the verb used at the end of the verse to describe this gathering of the nations in Jerusalem: and all the nations will stream to it....
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 19, 2023 | Samuel
Ein Habesor, meaning ‘the Brook of Besor,’ is a community in southern Israel that demonstrated remarkable bravery and heroism on October 7. Facing a dire situation, the men of this community valiantly defended their town from destruction, saving their...
by Rabbi Elie Mischel | f 16, 2023 | Samuel
The Jewish people are rising up and fighting back. In Israel, the brave soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces are systematically crushing Hamas terrorists in Gaza, while Jews in America and other countries are organizing rallies and confronting the morally bankrupt...