Post Saul’s Failure and Bibi’s Decision: The Future of Gaza Soon after Bibi Netanyahu was elected to his fifth term as prime minister, journalist Bari Weiss asked him to name his favorite biblical character. Netanyahu replied with a fascinating answer:… Read More
Post Saul’s Misplaced Mercy 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…. Read More
Post The Crown of Samaria I love living in Israel and have no desire to travel abroad. For me, studying Israel’s geography and travelling the land is a religious experience. Allow me to explain. My… Read More
Post The Peace Offering in the City of Peace People who are unfamiliar with the Bible think that a sacrifice is an unspecified animal that is slaughtered haphazardly and thrown into a blazing fire to be burnt entirely. But… Read More
Post The Power and Permanence of Evil Speech There is a Hasidic tale about a man who went about the community telling malicious lies about the rabbi. Later, he realized the wrong he had done, and began to… Read More
Post What Makes Amalek So Evil? The attack perpetrated by Hamas terrorists on October 7th, 2023 proved to the world what Israel has known for many years – that Hamas and the terrorists who perpetrate evil… Read More
Post Where are We in the Messianic Process? Many people believe that Judaism is not ‘Messianic’, and that observant Jews are only concerned about performing commandments. But one of the commandments, as enumerated by Maimonides, is to anticipate… Read More
Post Why Do We Read About Amalek Before Purim? The Shabbat which immediately precedes the holiday of Purim is known as Shabbat Zachor, the Sabbath of remembering. In addition to the regular Torah reading, we read the verses commanding… Read More
Post Sarah Aaronsohn: A National Hero When Samuel charges King Saul with the task of exacting punishment on the Amalekites for attacking the Children of Israel on their way up from Egypt, He tells Saul to… Read More