These wars themselves are stages of the Redemption. Our wars are not like all the other wars in the world. We are engaged in a long and difficult war against war itself, against the impurity and evil which degrades mankind into wielding the sword and shedding blood.
This is what every parent should teach his children this year during Pesach. This is what every Rabbi should teach his congregation. This is what every head of every Jewish organization should make his number one priority.
Borrowing the title of Pete Seeger's song to hammer home a message to Diaspora Jewish leaders.
Ask yourself sincerely - how much do you want to make aliyah?
At my Kiryat Moshe home, on Purim, students wondered why they will say 'next year in Jerusalem' in the Haggadah when they are already there...
“When there is a great war in the world, the power of Mashiach awakens."
Our Sages teach us that as the month of Adar advances simcha (joy) increases.
To recite the Hallel prayer of thanksgiving or not to recite it, that is NOT the question.
In the book “Eight Journals" Yaacov David Shulman has succeeded in remaining faithful to the Hebrew text while capturing the poetic style of Rabbi Kook’s often intricate prose.
Excerpt from the book "I will hide My Face from them."
What keeps Diaspora Jewry from getting on that aliya plane?
The first day at the Auchwittz death camp.
From the Yeshiva's Beit Midrash in the Arab Quarter (actually the Old Jewish Quarter) of the Old City, Rabbi Aviner talks about miracles, why we don't say Hallel on Purim, and more.
The four letters on the dreidel are not the same in Israel and the Diaspora. They tell us something we should pay attention to.
Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration and the National Emergency Authority recently ran a full-scale drill in Ramla simulating a sudden influx of tens of thousands of Jews fleeing exploding antisemitism and security crises abroad. But where would they go? Opinion.
In their very first encounter, Hashem’s initial words to Avraham were “Lech lecha!” If you want to come close to Me and discover your mission in life then go to the Land I will show you.
A scholarly new book on a fascinating yet little known subject in the chronicles of Jewish History tells the story of the young Russian Jewish boys forcibly drafted into the Tsar's army for up to 25 years.
The wording of a resolution to be presented at the WZO conference this week on relations with Christian Zionist allies, makes it sound as though Israel is the homeland of Christians as well as Jews. Clear boundaries are needed. Opinion.
Netanyahu, beware. The heads of Yesha, beware. The friends of Christian “lovers of Israel” - beware. Their embrace is the embrace of wolves. Opinion.
National heroism has returned to us with phenomenal force: heroic fighters and heroic families. Opinion.
The four species which we are commanded to take for ourselves on the Festival of Sukkot are indigenous to Eretz Yisrael, just as the Torah is indigenous to Eretz Yisrael, and the Jewish People are indigenous to Eretz Yisrael.
Thrust aside all accountings and return in haste to the Land of Hashem, the Land of Israel, our one and only home.
The place of the challenges Olim face based on the thoughts of Rabbi Tzvi Yisrael Tau.
Fifty reasons to move to the Holy Land - and there are many more. Opinion.
Hashem has set the earth boiling under the feet of Diaspora Jewry but they need an extra push (known as “hishtadlut”) from us. Come to the Aliyah conference to learn how.
You don’t have to listen to me. Listen to Moshe. Listen to the roaring echo of his words, resounding out today over the anti-Semitic prairies and cities of America. Come home and keep the Torah as it should be kept!
Moetzet Yesha and the Gush Katif Community Council adopted a non-belligerent protest campaign marked by the slogan, “With Love We Will Win.” The campaign was highlighted by human chains of passive protest. Op-ed.
Rashi wants to teach us that without Eretz Yisrael there is no Torah, no Am Yisrael, nor Sanctification of Hashem in the world.
Yosef Mendelevich: “The freedom fighters in Soviet Russia were like trees, standing tall and not bowing down. That’s how the idea came to me to create a forest for the Prisoners of Zion." It was dedicated last week.
When a Jew in the Diaspora feels an inner alienation from his Gentile surroundings in a Gentile land, this inner awareness sets off a spiritual explosion which affects all of the Jewish People.
The joy over the star of the movie Superman being Jewish is misplaced. Halakhically, he really isn't Jewish, unless he converts.
Today marks my father’s yahrtzeit. Later in the day we will visit his resting place on the Mount of Olives The view there is spectacular and you don’t have to worry about alligators devouring the body the way you do in Boca Raton where my parents lived before I brought them on Aliyah.
The Rebbe spoke out against proposed agreements to surrender pieces of the Land of Israel to foreign sovereignty.
Iran launched lethal missiles and threatened nuclear war against Israel. While the IDF accomplished miracles, Israelis ran to shelters and over twenty were killed. Where were US Jewry's demonstrations? their organizations' protests against attempted genocide? Opinion.
Whether you are following the war on Fox News or on INN, you are watching the “salvation of Hashem!”
Read Rabbi Kook's proclamation to Diaspora Jewry.
A talk with Rabbi David Samson about his new English series of commentaries on the meditative path of the Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Abulafia. "It’s as if Rav Kook bequeathed to us the map of the territory, and Rabbi Abulafia handed me the compass and walking stick."
The full solution is in the parsha this week.
The Talmud teaches that it is impossible to come to the Land of Israel without difficulties and suffering. Learning the secrets of Torah is the remedy. Read
We are talking about the situation of entire Jewish communities ensconced in the darkness of exile, believing that it is perfectly OK to live in Gentile countries. But it is not OK.
The joy doesn’t come from the war itself, which is an evil matter, abounding in personal suffering and pain. The joy comes from the great Kiddush Hashem which fills our emotions and longings,
Memorial Day and Independence Day are the times I thank God that instead of growing up being American kids who are Jewish, my offspring are Children of Israel, just as we are called in the Bible.
The Palestinian Arabs are, as usual, fighting the upcoming Jerusalem Day parade. Op-ed.
The revealed side of the Torah is the foundation for this deeper learning, but the revealed side is not the Torah’s end.
‘We didn’t know you people have such unbreakable spirit and resolve,’ the KGB commander said.
Rabbi Kook teaches that we are called upon to remove the “chametz” of foreign cultures and foreign idolatries from our hearts and be free of their influence.
It is entirely possible that an objective review of the case would free Amiram Ben Uliel from a life in prison. That makes such a review imperative and now is the time. Opinion.
The Kohanim possessed the codes which bring the light and blessing of Hashem to all humanity and to every created thing on Earth. Without the Beit HaMikdash, however, all of humanity is like an orphan.
With all the serious analyses of President Trump's pro-Israel attitude, and the Houthis sharpening their spears, perhaps it is time for a little old-fashioned fun. A former Hollywood screenwriter has done this for us. Better late than never, no?
Interview with a rabbi who studied with him for twelve years: "HaRav Tzvi Yehuda vehemently maintained that no handful of Israeli soil, however small, is allowed to be transferred to foreign control."
Wherever Netanyahu turns, his hands are tied. Whatever he wants to do, he is stifled. Our Sages teach us not to judge our fellow man until we have stood in his place, so let us try to do that before we pass judgment. Opinion.
Snce this week marks my mother’s yahrtzeit, may her memory be a blessing, I will use my personal experience to demonstrate that bringing one’s aging parents to Israel is the very best thing a child could do for them.
“What is he screaming about?” they would ask hearing Moses call out “Let My people go!”
As we read about the burning bush in this coming Shabbat's Torah reading, perhaps we should look for a message in the tragic devastation in Los Angeles.
Our Sages explain that the rivalry and reunion of Judah and Joseph is the basis of the concept that there are two Mashiachs, not one – Mashiach Ben Yosef and Mashiach Ben David.
As a legendary actor of Hollywood teaches: “When you have to shoot – shoot.”
On this Thanksgiving Day, it looks like American Jewry is not going anywhere.
Why does Netanyahu, a decorated IDF hero, go along with the haredi exemption national shame? Why is he working on an Enlistment Law that perpetuates the haredi exemptions?
Tzvi Fishman's miracle-filled journey to Jerusalem.
Hashem and His Nation Israel have taken the world's front stage, weeding out the poisonous thorns that would destroy G-d's people of Israel. Watch out, Tehran!
