 The Master of human events vs. Free WillSometimes events are engineered so that Free Will is subject to Hashem's agenda. A7 Exclusive: My last day in galut and my arrival in IsraelExclusive excerpt from the writer's upcoming biography - a thought provoking Pesach article. Seder and HesderUneven distribution of historic responsibility. How does one replace the irreplaceable?Where did Aharon and Yehoshua find the inner strength to overcome their great burdens, and complete their tasks? Where did the Jews find the strength to build a country after the Shoah? An event of heroic proportionsAvraham entered into a treaty in the name of all his future offspring. Who is the third Amalek?How was it possible that in one moment everything changed, from being fellow citizens totally accepted in Persian society to suddenly becoming enemies of the State who have to be eliminated? Look at Europe and see. We are slow learners. How can you love your brother as yourself?How can one bring himself to this sublime degree of altruism? And why does this mitzva end with the words “I am Hashem?" Tetzaveh and preparation for PurimThe Parsha and Current Events series: Purim is not an isolated event in Jewish history. It has repeated itself in almost every generation, with, of course, a change of language. The parsha and current events: My extraordinary uncle and auntThey lived in very different times and environments with about a 350-year separation; nevertheless, both had very similar ideals, values and similar unhappy fates. Yitro: Joyfully bringing the Shechinah homeWhat it does not say in the Ten Commandments. Chamushim: Winnowing out the chaffThe parasha and current events. What is the major dividing line within the Jewish people today?The parsha as reflected in history and current events. Frogs in the ovenAre you a couch frog who lives a quiet life or a frog that obeys G-d's command and jumps into the heat? From Moses to Moshe RabbeinuWhat emerges from the text is that Moshe had been unaware that the Jews were being cruelly enslaved, and that on a daily basis many were being beaten and killed. The Parsha and Current Events: Irrelevance is IrreverenceRabbi Merav spoke of the last Shabbat meal before Yosef’s murder. “I asked the family that each one tell one thing for which he or she is thankful to Hashem. Yosef said “I am thankful to Hashem for giving me the merit to protect Am Yisrael”.Still fighting for our survivalThe chosen of Hashem reentered the land, not by a "dunam here and dunam there," but in the language of strength that the gentiles understood. And they have needed that G-d given strength ever since. The Parsha and Current Events: Jacob-ism vs. Esau-ismYa’akov agonizes with the greatest struggle that has ever crossed his path: “Is there still a part of Aisav within me, or did I succeed in exorcising it?”The parsha and current events: Do not forget!Why is there a mitzva to remember and destroy Amalek, shouldn't the mitzva be to destroy Amalek? The Parsha and current events: Medinat Yisrael - Jewish prideEsav felt euphoric over the appearance of Ya'akov and his entire entourage pressing their faces into the dust in total submission. His descendants feel the same. The Parsha and current events: Jealousy and slaveryThe Parsha and Current Events series for Toldot: Indeed "Hashem is with us."Why do we experience such tragedy?The reality of our lives leaves one standing in profound anguish before the inexplicable decisions of the Creator. The Parsha and Current Events: Avram’s rainbow connectionThe rainbow in the cloud has an interior and exterior reality. The exterior is complex, the interior simple. The Parsha and Current Events: Finding favor versus loveThe difference between Noach, righteous in his generation, and Avraham, righteous in every generation, is the difference between Israel and the galut. Breishit and the ongoing battle between Islam and ChristianityThe Parsha and Current Events, A Sukkot allegoryA parable with a lesson. To the Exalted One, Creator of All Things, Rebono Shel OlamIt’s that time of year, when Your children withdraw a bit from the distractions of this life in order to introspect on what we have or have not done properly this past year. We reap what we sowThe Parsha and Current Events: Bringing bikurim to the new Bet Hamikdash The Parsha and Current Events: Meshuach MilchamaToday our military is composed of an army of Jews, but it cannot be said that it is a Jewish army. Curses concealed as blessingsThe parsha's connection to current events: No chance of parole.Am Yisrael, Torat Yisrael, Eretz YisraelThe parsha and current events. What is the lost glory of Hashem?Hashem cries each day for the loss of His glory. Desert wanderings were a warningWho is not included in the count.... Parsha and Current Events: Passing the final testWhy did Hashem call the greatest of all Jewish leaders by an Egyptian name? Mr. Herzog, sincerity is not enough to turn back the tideThe parasha and current events series: The tragic transgression trilogy of Diaspora Jews. What do your hands say about you?The Parsha and Current Events series. In the process of bringing purity and kedusha to the world, one must be prepared to dirty one’s hands and soil one’s clothing if necessary. Trump’s triumphs vs Korach’s ConflictsThe parsha and current events: Two sides of the same coin. Extracting impuritiesConnecting the parsha to current events. Everything in this world has a substituteThe eight themes in the parsha are substitutes for something or can be replaced by something else. The Parsha and Current Events: How can the Torah be beyond logic?Torah as a way of life. The profound meaning of the US Embassy move to JerusalemThe symbolic act performed by President Trump - and supported by tens of millions of fundamentalist Christians who are well versed in the Bible - was recognition of a special kind. The Rabbis knew about Iran all alongThe Parasha and current events: Behar The Shoah has not endedThe tragedy of intermarriage is a continuation of the Nazi Shoah and Minister Uri Ariel was correct in saying so. Achrei Mot - Kedoshim (Israel): A story of deceit and the unexpectedA moral dilemma ranks faith above other values. Why?Stop blunting the dream and stifling enthusiasmThe Parsha and current events. A Pesach thoughtAt the two Torah mitzvot are in effect - to eat matza and relate to our children the slavery episode and the miraculous exodus. The Parsha and Current Events: Worlds apartA tale of two Seders.A perversion of JudaismThe parasha and current events. The Metamorphosis of the Jewish NationThe Parsha and Current Events series. A meaningful wink from the AlmightyCurrent events find matching stories in the parsha and the Purim story. Five parshiot and half a shekelThe parsha and current events series. The Parsha and Current Events: The half aspires to become a wholeWe were commanded to inherit the land that Hashem gave to our forefathers Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya’akov. We are prohibited from leaving the land in the possession of any other nation or from leaving it fallow. Theft, denial and swearing falselySeries: The parsha and current events. Payback: straw, stone, lead and the PolesThe Parsha and Current Events series. Stiff-necked and stubbornThe Parsha and Current Events: Shemot 13:17-18: The Parsha and Current Events: One nationWe and our children and our children's children are descendants of the irrational and fanatical extremists who put faith in Hashem before logic. |
