Jerusalem Day
Shavuot and Jerusalem: Revelation Then and Now
On June 15, 1967, Rabbi Norman Lamm delivered a lecture at The Jewish Center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It was the second day of the festival of Shavuot and five days after the Six-Day war had ended. In his passionate speech,...
Counting the Soldiers in God’s army
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...
Sing for Jerusalem and Bring the Messiah
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...
Jerusalem Day: A First-Hand Account of the 1967 Temple Mount Battle
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...