The Living City
The Land of Israel is a unique location. Most lands are merely places where people live, a setting for their…
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The Sensitivity of Jerusalem
Our parsha concludes with the story of Miriam speaking ill of Moshe and God punishing her with tzara’at. While this…
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The World-Changing Torah of Jerusalem
At the end of the Torah, when Moshe retells the story of the Giving of the Torah, he says as…
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The Angelic Flag of Jerusalem
Shir HaShirim is a love song between God and the Jewish people. In one verse, God tells the Jewish people…
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Shemitah in Jerusalem
The opening verse of the parsha seems to indicate that once the Jewish people enter the Land of Israel they…
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Celebrating the “First of Zion”
When discussing the holiday of Sukkot, the Torah states that “you should take on the first day [of Sukkot] the…
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The Holiness and Togetherness of Jerusalem
Our parsha opens with God’s charge to the Jewish people: “Be Holy!” What is the precise meaning of this mandate?…
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Traveling Out of Egypt and To Jerusalem
The Jewish people left the Egypt in a haste. On the night of the first Seder they had to show…
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The Protection of Pesach in Jerusalem
This year, the first day of Pesach coincides with Shabbat. We are familiar from other holidays that this cooccurrence changes…
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The Great Shabbat and Jerusalem
This Shabbat is an important step in our preparation for and march towards Pesach. Commemorating the miracle of the Jewish…
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