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…
Charity and the Redemption of Jerusalem
The centrality of Yerushalayim is a major theme in our parsha. For example, in the beginning of the parsha, we…
The Holistic Delight of Jerusalem
In the midst of the Torah’s discussion of the laws of ritual impurity contracted via contact with a corpse, the…
The Living City
The Land of Israel is a unique location. Most lands are merely places where people live, a setting for their…
The Maccabees, Jerusalem, and the Land of Israel
The Maccabean revolt revolved around several axes. On one level, it was a fight against religious persecution. The Greeks forbade…
Jerusalem Connections
Our parsha opens with the laws of the Jewish judicial system. There are to be judges in every Jewish community…
Jerusalem: The Ultimate Nachalah
Our parsha describes the boundaries of the Land of Israel. In the introductory verse to this section, the Torah refers…
Strangers At Home
This Monday we will be celebrating the 54th birthday of renewed Jewish sovereignty over the Old City of Yerushalayim. We…