The High Priest in Jerusalem
The Kohen Gadol is possibly the most rarefied and sublime figure in the Torah. Bedecked with an extra four articles…
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And They Shall Make Me a Sanctuary: Revealing the True Capacity of a Jew
In this week’s parsha, the Bnei Yisrael are given a commandment to build a Mikdash for Hashem. ועשו לי מקדש,…
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Hashem’s Eternal City, Hashem’s Eternal People
In one of the darkest moments in Jewish history, Sefer Melakhim (1:11:29-39) describes the encounter between Ahiya HaShiloni and Yerov’am…
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The Lion’s Roar
As HaKadosh Barukh Hu revealed himself to humanity with the mass revelation at Matan Torah, Hazal explain that the entire…
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Just Five Minutes
This past week, Rav Zevulun Charlop tz’l, dean of RIETS for over 30 years, was niftar at the age of…
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Bring Comfort to Zion and Jerusalem
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים May the Omnipresent comfort you among the rest of the mourners of…
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Ten Plagues in Egypt and Ten Miracles in Jerusalem
The fifth chapter in Masekhet Avot delineates many examples of groupings of ten throughout history. Hashem created the world with…
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The Great Shofar and Its Call to Jerusalem
In this week’s haftorah, Yishayahu HaNavi describes a glorious day in which the great shofar will be sounded (27:13). When…
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Split Between the Lion and Wolf: Jerusalem Unites Rachel and Leah
In Yaakov’s blessing for his son Binyamin, he makes cryptic references to his youngest son as a “snatching wolf”. The…
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A Eulogy in Jerusalem: the City that Unites Two Messiahs
In the summer of 1904, a memorial service was held for the recently deceased Theodor Herzl in the city of…
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