Sinai and Moriah: The Curtain Lifts
Last week, we discussed the metaphysical connection between Har Sinai and Har Moriah. The mountain on which the Torah was…
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Sinai and Moriah: a Mysterious Connection
If we haven’t already gotten the message of these weekly divrei Torah, Jerusalem is pretty much the center of everything…
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A Tale of Three Domes
Allow me to describe one of my favorite berachot to recite. When traveling to the Kotel HaMaravi from Sha’ar Tzion,…
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The Faithful City and Her Faithful Children
At the close of its exegesis of Sefer VaYikra, the Midrash Rabba discusses the incredible spiritual capabilities granted to one…
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Rebbe Shimon at the Entrance to Jerusalem
The Gemara Makkot (19b) has a lengthy discussion regarding the laws of ma’aser sheni. Farmers would separate this tithe, an…
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As Allies Turn Away, A New Light Shines in Tzion
As a Jew who recently made aliyah from America thinking that he understood the country he was leaving, I am…
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Rebbe Eliezer: A Burning Love for Jerusalem
The Shabbatot on which we read the Torah portions of Achrei Mot and Kedoshim present a strange anomaly in the…
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The True Source of Kedushah
Since the turn of the century, social have been perplexed by the younger generations that are currently reaching adulthood. There…
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A Pathetic Shadow
The Gemara Sotah (14a) famously asks why Moshe Rabbeinu so desperately desired to enter Eretz Yisrael: Rebbi Samlai taught: Why…
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A Golden Opportunity
The students of the great Amoraic sage Rav once asked him if they are permitted to travel to his beit…
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