My home sweet home
Which is it going to be - the Goldene Medina or the Land of Milk and Honey given to us by Hashem?
Tags
Tzvi Fishman
News and updates about Tzvi Fishman
Feeling down is not an option
There is no permission to engage in melancholy, whether in private or public mourning.
Why? Why? Why?
Rambam: If a great tribulation comes upon the nation, trumpets must be blasted and people must examine their ill deeds A call for teshuva.
Hashem has promised
Often we look upon Hashem as if He were a spare tire Most of the time we drive about,, not thinking about the spare tire until we need it.
The Rashi conception
Today, even the leaders of the Left and the most liberal of peace mongers are calling for the destruction of Hamas. But...
My parents want me to return home immediately!
HaRav Tzvi Yehuda HaKohen Kook, former head of the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem, was questioned on this by a student from America.
The Torah believes in destroying enemies of Israel
Reform Tzahal Now! Let it seek out and destroy our enemies as the Torah commands and they deserve.
Jewish Unity – is it possible?
When there is true unity, differences of opinion remain in all of their force.
The Aliyah Gate is closing
The gate of Aliyah is still open but their minds are closed. Is God posing challenges to test their loyalty? Will He reject them?
Light unto the Nations
Rabbi Kook on teshuva: To attain teshuva a person must rise above his focus on himself and forge an attachment with the Jewish Nation.
Kindness makes the world go around
In tribute to Alvin Gordon z"l, a man of chesed and love for Torah and his fellow man.
Open letter to President Biden
The writers of the letters you received asking you not to meet with Netanyahu represent a very small minority of the Israeli public. Op-ed.
A message no one wants to hear
There are people with sensitive and high-powered souls who instinctively feel the emptiness of Judaism in gentile lands.
Cinematic Premier on Arutz Sheva: The Struggle, by Rabbi Kook
In honor of Rav Kook's yahrzeit, today, 3 Elul, a cinematic adaption of his poem "The Struggle".
Judaism is much more than ritual precepts
Judaism is the NATIONAL CONSTITUTION of the Jewish NATION. And that can only come about in the Land of Israel.
How to get close to G-d
Hashem has not changed His mind.
The Caged Lion – A parable by Rabbi Kook
The Sages of the Talmud warned us long ago that nerves of steel would be needed to bear the birth pains leading to the Mashiach’s arrival.
May it come soon - an answer to a child's question
Why do we need a Holy Temple, asks a youngster. This short film provides an answer.
Do we have to love anarchists?
An interview with Rabbi David Samson, author of four commentaries on Rabbi Kook’s writings.
The passion of our time - memories of Rabbi Gold zt"l
In response to an magazine article entitled "Why are Serious Jews Like Us Living in America?" Rabbi Sholom Gold wrote the following essay.
17th of Tammuz: If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem
Today's fast mourns the breaching of the walls of Jerusalem by enemies who burnt the Temple and exiled the Jews.Time to come home.Op-ed.
Celebrate the Fourth of July?
After you finish your meal and thank G-d, don’t confuse matters and think that the land Birkat HaMazon is referring to is America. Op-ed.
Torah in a jar
As Jewish history has proven again and again, the Torah cannot survive in a jar. Neither can the Jews. Op-ed.
Rabbi Samson Says
A new video project and a dinner in his honor gives Arutz Sheva the opportunity to ask a visionary educator questions that concern parents.
Sin of the spies-then and now
Harav Kanievski zt"l: “It is a mitzvah of the Torah to make Aliyah!”
Behaalotcha (Israel): Meet the complainers
Today, as then, there are people who simply have to complain - and those whose gripes are murmured ceaselessly.
Time to come home
Haman did more to promote Jewish identity than all the Prophets of Israel combined. But who will lead the Jews to Israel right now? Op-ed.
Have we forgotten our forefather Avraham?
Judaism is founded on self-sacrifice. Every morning we read about the self-sacrifice Avraham and Yitzhak manifested in the Akeida. Op-ed.
The real reason Jews don’t make Aliyah
“There are absolutely no justifiable reasons to settle outside the Land of Israel" - Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, the chief rabbi of Tzfat.
The incredible wonder of Lag Ba'Omer in Israel
Lag Ba’Omer bonfires show us that the inner light of the Torah can never be extinguished in the depths of our Nation’s soul. Op-ed.
Just the beginning
The first stage, which we have witnessed in our time, is the ingathering of the exiles, rejuvenation of the Land, and rebuilding the country
The State of Israel must be prepared for Aliyah
Israel must initiate a NATIONAL ALIYAH PROJECT preparing for the masses who will flock to Zion to escape the new wave of Jew hatred. Op-ed.
Why Jewish leaders refuse to listen
The Zohar says the Spies were afraid that they would lose their positions of authority in Eretz Yisrael. Nothing has changed.
Still slaves after all these years
It is easier to take the Jews out of slavery than to take slavery out of the Israeli mindset.
How blind can we be?
Jew-hatred is clearly sprayed on the wall in grafitti. Open your eyes, Diaspora Jewry. Op-ed.
To Diaspora Jews: Don't worry!
The problems in Israel are the birth pangs of a fairly new nation. Take it easy. It will pass. Op-ed.
Remembering Chaim Topol
Topol's warned me: Stay away from the Arab-Israel conflict or the champions of ldemocracy will have you blacklisted for your Zionism. Op-ed.
'Torat Eretz Yisrael' for everyone - a new digital library
Although not yet completed, the library can already be used to see articles on Purim and the teachings of Rabbi Tvi Yehuda Kook.
“The Fabelmans” - is this American Jewry?
Interview with film maker and baal teshuva Tzvi Fishman by Yisrael Medad. The story of American Jewry or of following your heart and talent?
From Babylon to Boca
Rabbi Kook writes that a person engaged in the mitzvah of settling the Land of Israel is first in receiving a Divine blessing.
PreviousNext