New Jewish Year, 5778, Reflections
In just a couple of days the Jewish People will be celebrating a new Jewish Year, 5778. It occurs just as the summer is coming to an end.
In just a couple of days the Jewish People will be celebrating a new Jewish Year, 5778. It occurs just as the summer is coming to an end.
With the world a nervous wreck from that missile-happy North Korean, Am Yisrael could use a soothing reminder of the two Gulf Wars. In preparation for the first Gulf War, the Israeli chevre kadisha ordered tens of thousands of body-bags, lo aleiynu. So, who controlled the non-conventional weapons? The following …
‘Tis the season when Yids either bash or bask in the idea of going to Uman to the tziyun of Rebbe Nachman of Breslev for Rosh HaShanna. So, I thought I’d at least get one thing straight: Rebbe Nachman was not from Uman or from Breslev. Surprise! The amazing and …
Next week we will be celebrating Rosh Chodesh Elul, which marks a month to Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the Jewish Year. As has been my custom at least a decade I plan on praying at the Holy Site of Tel Shiloh, Shiloh Hakeduma, on Rosh Chodesh. Rosh Chodesh is …
We may not even be able to imagine in our wildest dreams how He does it.
There are various “dance” workshops, crafts, gifts, clothing, jewelry and more for sale, besides food. Young women were dressed in bridal gowns for a special fashion show. And of course you hear music all the time. Many women come to pray and be at the Holy Site of Shiloh.
In the 1st war in Gaza, she kept appearing and warning IDF soldiers that certain buildings were booby-trapped. Remember that woman and IDF soldier Avner Azulai?
9th of Av In another two days is the Fast of the 9th of Av, when we must endure a 25 hour fast* to commemorate/remember the invasion/conquering of Jerusalem and destruction of both our Holy Temples. The 9th of Av is the saddest most tragic time in the Jewish Calendar. …
This Tisha B’Av is Am Yisrael’s Day of Rage!
This amazing “ONLY IN ISRAEL!!!” story comes from Avi Abelow: So we are driving on kvish 1 to have some fun today in Tel Aviv/Yafo, when all of a sudden I can’t turn the steering wheel! Not good at all. I pull off at the nearest gas station at Sha’ar …
There is a reality in this country of contradictions and impossibilities that defies reason and rational. Indeed, the spiritual energy of this holy land, very literally, defies even natural and physical law. One can never expect the expected and logical.
Cities of refuge only apply when Am Yisrael is on their land – i.e. in Eretz Yisrael.