Temple Talk The eighth day: A celebration of the Divine PresenceServing G-d with joy, according to His rules. Terror in Israel and lessons from the Purim storyThe Holy Temple: World headquarters for truth, justice and the refinement of the human spirit. Amalek and modern day Jew hatred: A wake-up callThoughts about contemporary anti-Semitism - the current incarnation of Amalek - and the challenge facing American Jewry in particular. Building the Temple: You’ve got to have a heartUnderstanding the Tabernacle: The finishing touch of Creation. When the US Congressmen visit the Temple MountThe Golden Calf, Revisionist history and other illusions: Reshaping reality to suit one’s needs. In Memory of Ori Ansbacher: The Battle of Light vs. DarknessAccessing the secret power of unspoken prayer. Build the Holy Temple: The central theme of Jewish lifeWhy are there two months of Adar this year? Understanding the Jewish leap year. The Mount Sinai experience vs. Fake NewsInalienable Jewish rights to the Land of Israel: Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Understanding the Sinai revelation: Pinnacle of human experienceGifting the Torah to a G-d-centered world. Tests of faith in a G-d-centered worldSplitting of the sea: Seeing the reality of G-d in this world. The secret of freedom from enslavement to timeWelcoming the month of Shevat, time of renewal and rebirth. What is the meaning of true faith? Standing nature on its headThe Ten Plagues & the reason for Creation: It’s all about man. Can extinction be a tragedy? The pros and cons of manConsidering a world without gender, family, nation, borders...or man. The courageous children of Joseph reclaiming the Land of IsraelTo pray means to ask for the one thing you are afraid could never come true. Ofra drive-by shooting victims: Praying for a precious familyThe spiritual and the political ramifications of the horrific terrorist attack that took place this week outside the community of Ofra. Hanukkah and modern-day decrees against IsraelThe Joseph-Hanukkah connection: Seeing Hashem’s hand in everything, Renewing the Miraculous in Our LivesNoah’s Dove, Jacob and the Secret of the Chanukah Oil. Stairway to Heaven vs. Dust in the Wind: Who are Yaakov & Esav?Kislev and the Clash of Cultures: Seeing is Believing, or Believing is Seeing? Spiritualism vs materialism: Who's on top?The Book of Genesis: Recreating creation, one family at a time. What does ‘the forefathers are the chariot’ mean?Understanding the amazing hospitality of our patriarch Abraham. Spiritual iconoclast and father of the Jewish peopleOur father Abraham, the first of the true believers. Evidence of ancient Jewish Jerusalem vs. ‘Palestinian’ liesThe chillingly familiar story of the descent of humanity. A visit to Joseph’s Tomb in ShechemParashat B’reishith and the recreation of the world: G-d gave the Land of Israel to the Jewish People. Why is Sukkot the most joyous time of the year?The Ushpizin: Welcoming the seven holy shepherds into the Sukkah. Yom Kippur, sin, and repentance: The plea of temporary insanitySpiritual goals of the High Holy Days. Blood moons & the end of the worldThe universal Rosh Hashanah: Praying for all humanity, and a Jewish approach to the apocalypse. Rosh Hashanah: Universal call to celebrate the renewal of lifeParashat Nitzavim and G-d’s advice for Rosh Hashanah: ‘Choose life!’ Temple Mount: The place where the curse turns into a blessingIs G-d Threatening Us? When curses are intended for good The true location of the Temple Mount revealedThe Divine call to be a holy people in the Divinely-appointed Land. Israel’s self-destructive Left: Useful idiots of our enemiesA Program for the Nation of Israel in Her Land Get with the program: Building the Holy TempleWelcoming the month of Elul, unique time of spiritual growth in ‘the place that He will choose’. The Nation-State Law and the Jewish problemThe inexorable bond between the Land of Israel and the commandments. Tisha B’Av on the Temple Mount: Moshe Rabbeinu would be proudLet it be, and live each moment for Hashem.This is the time: Returning to the Temple MountThe challenge of our generation: Sitting and mourning vs. rising up to rebuild. How will you be observing this Tisha B’Av? Crimes against humanity, or the crime of being a human being?The enigma of the State of Israel, vilified as a 'criminal', yet the champion of humanity all over the world. Zealous mystery man of courage and loveThree weeks of mourning for the Holy Temple: Time for a realignment of our thinking.Palestinian propaganda and the big lieThe amazing lesson of Balak and Bilaam: "We’re not anti-Semites, just anti-Zionists." How to safeguard our homes from terror?Are the Temple Mount police finally stepping up to the plate - only to be stymied by the prime minister? Netiv Ha'avot demolition and the struggle for the Land of IsraelThe meaning of authentic Jewish leadership. Inexplicable Jewish antipathy towards IsraelParashat Shelach and the modern day spies among us: Stopping the cycle of negativity. The truth will set you free: ‘There is none but Hashem’Clouds of glory, pillar of fire and the Iron Dome: Divine messages in our lives. Israel takes off the gloves with IranPromises made and promises kept: Mt. Sinai, Shavuot, and the US Embassy in Jerusalem.Jerusalem: The soul of our landAfter 51 years of a united Jerusalem, it's time for true Israeli sovereignty over the Temple Mount. Israel, Iran & the winds of warThe deadly danger of hubris, Lag B'Omer & the mysterious fate of Rabbi Akiva's students. Human initiative and divine second chancesHow to achieve a daily victories over self-doubt and Amalek. Celebrating modern miracles of biblical proportionsThe State of Israel brings the promise of redemption to all of humanity.The Temple Mount revolution is underwayIsrael responds to Iranian aggression in Syria and violent attempted incursions from Gaza.Pesach offering: Why not ‘This Year in Jerusalem?’The eternal challenge of Passover calls out in every generation: Set the captives free! Behind 'the Passover Recipe you don't want to miss'The Passover offering in Jerusalem: The ultimate answer to every lie in the world. Don’t get hung up on yesterdayThe message of Passover: Believe in yourself and don't look back. The refinement of the human spiritThe challenge of the book of Leviticus: Israel’s divine mission. The Tabernacle, AIPAC, and Jewish destinyG-d’s breathtaking message to Israel: Let’s stay together forever. Purim & the Holy Temple: To build or not to build?The true secret of Purim joy: The hidden presence of G-d. An existential threat? Reflections on the great Iranian dreamParshat Zachor, Amalek, and the great Iranian dream. Iran tests Israel, just in time for PurimThe irrevocable bond that connects Mount Sinai, the Tabernacle, and the Oral Torah. Real news vs. fake newsJohn Kerry and the Jewish problem that just won't go away. Mike Pence, what about the Temple Mount?What about the Jews who didn’t want to leave Egypt? A chilling modern parallel. |
