Lazer Beams - Blogs http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/19 en INN http://www.israelnationalnews.com/static/Blogs/19.jpg http://www.israelnationalnews.com/ Lag B'Omer: Soothing the National Painhttp://www.israelnationalnews.com/Blogs/Message.aspx/5131
Lag B"Omer falls this year on Saturday night and Sunday, April 27-28, 2013

The two most significant events of Lag B"omer are the cessation of the plague that killed 24,000 of Rabbi Akiva"s students and the yahrtzeit of Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochai. We find an amazing connection between these...Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:04:00 GMTV'Hi She'amda: The Eternal Promisehttp://www.israelnationalnews.com/Blogs/Message.aspx/5123
The Gemara (tractate Sanhedrin 97b) says that the Nation of Israel (aka the Jewish People) will be redeemed as soon as they make teshuva, in other words, return to Hashem and the ways of His Torah. The Gemara then asks, what happens if the Nation of Israel doesn't make teshuva? Rebbe Yehoshua answers...Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:03:00 GMTAnimal Farm, 2013: A Fowl Talehttp://www.israelnationalnews.com/Blogs/Message.aspx/5119
Here's a tale about a farm with several different types of fowl - all kosher - who had difficulty getting along with one another. Any similarity between the birds in this tale and recent elections here in Israel is purely intentional. Enjoy it, and feel free to comment with your own interpretations,...Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:03:00 GMTRights of Religious Soldiers and the Right to Our Landhttp://www.israelnationalnews.com/Blogs/Message.aspx/5113
"And He (Hashem) gave them (the Jewish people) the lands of nations (the Canaanites, Philistines)...for them to safeguard His statutes and observe His teachings" (Psalm 105:44-45).
In the above passage, King David - Hashem's anointed - tells us exactly why Hashem gave us the Land of Israel:...Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:03:00 GMTEt Tu, Naftali? A Personal Letter to Naftali Bennetthttp://www.israelnationalnews.com/Blogs/Message.aspx/5105
The following is a personal letter to Naftali Bennett, head of the Bayit Hayehudi party:
Dear Naftali,
In Shakespeare's classic play, Julius Caesar is stabbed and killed by the person he considered to be his best friend, Marcus Brutus. As Brutus sticks him with the knife, Caesar says, "Et...Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:02:00 GMT