What can we do for Eretz Yisrael now?
I’ll be honest. After a week of standing in stairwells or bomb shelters with children in my arms, after a…
Read MoreI’ll be honest. After a week of standing in stairwells or bomb shelters with children in my arms, after a…
Read MoreThe centrality of Yerushalayim is a major theme in our parsha. For example, in the beginning of the parsha, we…
Read MoreIn the midst of the Torah’s discussion of the laws of ritual impurity contracted via contact with a corpse, the…
Read MoreThe Land of Israel is a unique location. Most lands are merely places where people live, a setting for their…
Read MoreThe Maccabean revolt revolved around several axes. On one level, it was a fight against religious persecution. The Greeks forbade…
Read MoreOur parsha opens with the laws of the Jewish judicial system. There are to be judges in every Jewish community…
Read MoreOur parsha describes the boundaries of the Land of Israel. In the introductory verse to this section, the Torah refers…
Read MoreThis Monday we will be celebrating the 54th birthday of renewed Jewish sovereignty over the Old City of Yerushalayim. We…
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