![Ki Tissa: How leaders fail]( "REUTERS/Edmond Terakopian/Pool/PA") Ki Tissa: How leaders failThere is an apocryphal quote attributed to several politicians: “Of course I follow the party. After all, I am their leader.”Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Yesterday, 7:42 AM ![Defining death]( "Larry Brandt") Defining deathHow does Judaism define the moment of death?Rabbi Dr. Raymond Apple, Wednesday, 6:13 AM ![Where truth can be found]( "Courtesy") Where truth can be foundThe great Hasidic master of Kotzk continually maintained that truth is always hidden from public view.Rabbi Berel Wein, Monday, 10:24 PM ![One month till Pesach!]( "Eyal ben Ayish") One month till Pesach!This reminder is not about cleaning your closets but about preparing your soul.Sivan Rahav-Meir , Monday, 3:00 PM ![Purim joy in the midst of Corona]( "PR photo") Purim joy in the midst of CoronaObserving the mitzvahs of Purim in a limited family only,was an opportunity to teach about joy without slipping into low level frivolity.Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, Saturday, 8:47 PM ![So how was Purim 2021?]( "Chabad") So how was Purim 2021?This year I heard Megilat Esther outside wearing a coat in the cold, under a Jerusalem street light.Sivan Rahav-Meir , Saturday, 6:55 PM ![For Purim: G-d's hidden call]( "John Downing/Getty Images") For Purim: G-d's hidden callYou don’t have to change the world to change the world, but we must always ask ourselves, what does Hashem want of me in this place, now?Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Friday, 12:00 PM ![Purim: A gift of unity]( "Photo: ISTOCK") Purim: A gift of unityThis week in 'The Parsha in Chesed' series: the festival of Purim.Rabbi Avrohom Leventhal, 2/25/2021, 1:32 PM ![Capital lessons from Megillat Esther]( "Gil Eliahu") Capital lessons from Megillat EstherFrom the Talmud: 'The fact that some Jews celebrate Purim on a different day brings honor to the Land of Israel/' How?Rabbi Ronen Neuwirth, 2/25/2021, 9:00 AM ![Brothers, it's Purim 2021]( "Yonit Schiller, courtesy of Nefesh B’Nefesh") Brothers, it's Purim 2021Shushan is uncannily like America 2021. Llisten to Marc Bernan sing a Yiddish Purim song about the miracle and make it come true again.Tzvi Fishman, 2/24/2021, 8:49 PM ![Collecting money for the Sanctuary]( "צילום:") Collecting money for the SanctuaryJust as every Synagogue throughout history was built by donations, so was the sanctuary in the desert.Rabbi Ari Enkin, 2/22/2021, 9:14 PM ![Generating giving]( "Pnima") Generating givingThere is much more to giving than meets the eye. After all, the ability we have to do chesed, to be the giver, is also in Hashem’s hands.Rabbanit Shira Smiles, 2/22/2021, 12:00 PM ![The laws of Purim during the corona pandemic]( "PR photo") The laws of Purim during the corona pandemicThe Torah is extremely careful about not risking lives, so Purim mitzvot should be observed in moderation, following health directives.Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, 2/21/2021, 7:00 PM ![Psalm 24: Opening the Temple gates]( "Nati Shohat/Flash 90") Psalm 24: Opening the Temple gatesTorah from Israel's first Chief Rabbim iconic leader of Religious Zionism: "Why did the Temple gates disobey Solomon and refuse to open?"Rabbi Avraham HaCohen Kook, 2/20/2021, 8:06 PM ![The gaze of the Cherubim]( "Courtesy") The gaze of the CherubimDid the cherubim gaze at one another or at the Ark? A profound idea can be learned from the answer to that questionRabbi Moshe Kempinski, 2/20/2021, 7:00 PM ![The home we build together - Terumah 5781]( "John Downing/Getty Images") The home we build together - Terumah 5781The building of the Tabernacle was the first great project the Israelites undertook together. It symbolised the challenge of the future.Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 2/19/2021, 12:41 PM ![Shabbat Zachor: Perverted compassion]( "GPO/Flash 90") Shabbat Zachor: Perverted compassionAmalek’s attack was hatred for hatred's sake, cruelty for the sake of cruelty. Pity for bloodthirsty murderers is the ultimate cruelty.Daniel Pinner, 2/19/2021, 10:18 AM ![True beauty comes from within]( "INN: Daniel Malichi") True beauty comes from withinPeople invest time and effort in improving their external and not their internal self. The Mishkan teaches us to change our prioritiesRabbi Shlomo Sobol , 2/18/2021, 11:59 PM ![Fundraising in the Parasha]( "pr") Fundraising in the ParashaHeaven placed a great burden on our teacher Moses when it required him to ask the Jewish people to part with their wealth in large sums.Rabbi Berel Wein, 2/18/2021, 9:59 PM ![The spit into R' Levi Yitzchak's face]( "The Shlomo Katz Project") The spit into R' Levi Yitzchak's faceThe powerful story of the time when Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev was walking down the street and a masnagid walking by spat in his face!Rabbi Shlomo Katz, 2/18/2021, 4:49 PM ![Coming attractions]( "By PR") Coming attractionsThe minute details of the Mishkan serve as “coming attractions” of the Temples. The Book of Esther does so for the miracles of Redemption.Rabbi Nachman Kahana, 2/18/2021, 8:00 AM ![How could the Torah allow slavery?]( "PR photo") How could the Torah allow slavery?Slavery in the Torah was to allow families in a state of extreme poverty to gain rehabilitation in line with social conditions at that time.Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, 2/17/2021, 6:52 PM ![Five national challenges]( "By PR") Five national challengesWe who have merited to return home, are experiencing five national challenges fraught with menacing perils and risks.Rabbi Nachman Kahana, 2/15/2021, 7:11 PM ![Changing seasons in Eretz Yisrael]( "Courtesy") Changing seasons in Eretz YisraelTorah thoughts on Eretz Yisrael from young Religious Zionist yeshiva students:In Eretz Yisrael, even seasonal changes have deep meaning.Eretz Yisrael Yomi, 2/15/2021, 6:32 PM ![Psalm 104: Let sin be uprooted]( "PR Beit Harav") Psalm 104: Let sin be uprootedTorah from Israel's frst Chief Rabbi and iconic leader of Religious Zionism: "Why didn't Rabbi Meir think of his wife's solution himself?"Rabbi Avraham HaCohen Kook, 2/14/2021, 9:41 PM ![53 stones to build a palace]( "Eyal ben Ayish") 53 stones to build a palaceMitzvot are stones that build a palace for G-d but the mortar binding them is love for one's fellow man.Sivan Rahav-Meir, 2/14/2021, 5:47 PM
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