King David
The Unexpected Role of Ancestry in Jewish Monarchy
By Rabbi Tuly Weisz In Psalm 39, David writes that he generally guards his mouth and refrains from questioning God, no matter what troubles befall him. But at some point, staying silent becomes too difficult to bear and he feels compelled...
Haftarah Chaye Sarah: Avraham and Adoniah’s Lessons for Avoiding Another Altalena Affair
In June 1948 the five-week-old State of Israel desperately needed weapons and the Irgun arranged for a ship full of armaments to arrive at the Tel Aviv port. Upon arrival of the ‘Altalena’, David Ben Gurion demanded the weapons be turned...