Teshuva in Jerusalem
On this final Shabbat of the year, we fittingly read about the mitzvah of teshuva (repentance). After describing the Jewish…
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Arabs Firebomb Jewish Homes In Jerusalem On Shabbat
A massive firebomb attack happened in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Kfar Shiloach over Shabbat. Shabbat saw one of the worst…
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Jerusalem of Fear and Joy
We generally think of simcha (joy) and yirah (fear) as mutually exclusive feelings. Experiencing fear or even the solemnity of…
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Shalom and Chodesh Tov to our friends and supportersMay it be a great month of Elul for everyone.And maybe now…
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Quarantining In Jerusalem
In several instances, the Torah commands us to remember a specific event for posterity. Interestingly, two of the events that…
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Jerusalem Is The Engine Of Redemption
All of us yearn, desire, and strive to connect to Redemption. The Rabbis teach that the Divine Presence will not…
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The Temimut of Yerushalayim
During their time in the desert, the Jewish people did not have to agonize about their future. While they might…
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The Blessing of Jerusalem
Our parsha opens with Moshe presenting the Jewish people with a dramatic choice: Behold, I set before you today a…
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This Week 82 Years Ago
Some of us recall the human tragedy behind the relatively recent expulsion of 10,000 residents from Gush Katif. The trauma,…
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Yerushalayim and the Sequence of Birkat HaMazon
Our parsha stirringly describes the beauty and resources of the Land of Israel, emphasizing that the Jewish people must properly…
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