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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Shlomo’s Journey: Givon to Jerusalem
This week’s haftorah opens with Shlomo HaMelekh awakening from his famous dream in which Hashem promises him unparalleled divine wisdom…
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U’Phartzu Chomot Migdali: The Exclusive Right to Jerusalem
The ubiquitous song of Maoz Tzur, sang in many households after the lighting of neirot Chanukah, describes in detail the…
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The Bizarre Holiday of Rome
The Gemara (Avodah Zarah 11b) tells us of a curious holiday that was celebrated in Rome every seventy years. In…
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The Sun of Yaakov and Brilliance of Jerusalem
As Yaakov departs for his uncle’s house in Haran, he encounters “the place” and stays there for the night “ki…
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