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Parshat Mikeitz: Chanukkah
In this week’s פרשה, the entire family of Yaakov Avinu venture into the foreign land of Mitzrayim. This is the פרשה that […]
Parshat Vayishlach: Different Camps
When Yaakov went to meet Eisav after not seeing him for years, due to the rage of Eisav, Yaakov had his children […]
The Esoteric Nature of The Letter “Alef”
The near-end of the tractate of Niddah describes the spiritual experience of the fetus in the womb. The Talmud says that the […]
The Esoteric Nature of The Letter “Ayin”
The word “Ayin” means “Eye”. It is also the name of the letter that this word starts with. It is closed from […]
Lashon HaKodesh: The Structure of Holy Words
The ancient Hebrew language has intrinsically constructive qualities, for it is Lashon HaKodesh – the Holy Language of the Torah. This was […]
The National Testimony on Har Sinai
If a person has a belief, does it ever occur to that person where it comes from? Was it a tradition that […]
Hamas PR is like Haman in The Current Times
If you read the story of Esther, you will not hear Haman the Wicked openly tell Achashverosh that he wants to exterminate […]
Shabbat vs The Idol of Harvesting
On Shabbat, I heard two Jews conversing on the topic of the stringencies that involve the prohibition of harvesting on Shabbat. One […]
The Khmelnytsky Massacre
Bohdan Khmelnytsky was a Zaporozhian Cossack who led the Cossacks into an uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He is hailed a national […]