Rabbi Hagai Lundin

They are a package!

Is Israel's success in thwarting the Iranian attack due to science or G-d?

Parents' prayer for their enlisted IDF soldier son

We pray that Hashem protect and defend them all, but every parent has his own special prayer - and his own sleepless nights.

How do you defeat hatred?

How are we supposed to deal with the pathological hatred driving people to protest violently in the midst of war?

The largest ever recruitment of Yeshiva students

Where do these people come from? From a great perception of Torah, which we call "the Torah of the Land of Israel" in the way of Rabbi Kook.

We are going to the IDF Reserves

All those who fear that prolonged reserve duty will cause marital and family tensions and financial or psychological problems should become familiar with the words of Maimonides.

A moment of comfort

Everyone has their moments of comfort in the midst of this difficult war. What are yours?

A pointed and recurring question from IDF soldiers

They want to know that the war will go on until its objectives are achieved, they do not want their lives risked in vain.

To renew our strength

Recharging is the recognition that sometimes there is no choice but to gather forces for the next round, as found in Isaiah.

An explosion of students on the night of Hoshana Rabbah

In recent years, there has been a tremendous growth in gatherings all over Israel of Torah study, attended by hundreds of thousands.

Don't let them get us down!

Every second childn in first grade in Israel wears a kippa. Remember that.

5784 – The year to dissolve delusions

The far left is a paper tiger that feeds on our delusionary fears - listen to the simple sound of the shofar and dismantle them.

5783 is over

The era of 5783 (2022-2023) is over. That is sad because, despite much unrest, there were good things in our lives in the previous year.

A prophecy for this week

The prophecy from the past week and for this week will tell you where happiness is found. And it is not in demonstrations.

Most of the Jewish people will reach the Land of Israel

Those who don't, will remain in the desert.

Always quietly

Media storms - the subject changes, the noise and hatred are constant. But something else is constant.

Deadly attack near Eli:

The Rule of Death

We will continue the lives of Elisha, Harel, Ofer and Nachman - and may their blood be avenged by G-d.

Shaming

How do keyboard bullies sleep at night? Perhaps they should remember the ends of the 10 spies and Korach before putting words on the web.

Relax

This is the time to take out the Torah scroll and learn how God advances His world.

Redressing [the failure] for seven days

It is difficult for a Jew to leave Mount Sinai, so we try a little longer to stay at the bottom of the mountain.

What is written on the Qassam rockets launched into Sderot?

The line of struggle for Jerusalem does not only cross Jews and non-Jews.

It's a wonderful week to go up to Jerusalem

"To go up to Jerusalem" means progress and training; which is, in other words: means happiness.

Where was God during the Holocaust?

Since the Holocaust, the feeling is that no matter how hard people try; no matter how moral they want to be, in the end the monster wins.

We shall overcome

Five tips for dealing with the pain of the barbaric terror attacks we have just endured.

God will remember you

People who study Parashat Vayechi are people who do not get excited about media storms. Here is why.

He was able to

Those words are said by an elected prime minister who has succeeded in forming a coalition. Rabbi Druckman could say that about his life.

The "everything" blessing: Shehakol

Hagit Rein, whose son fell in Lebanon - his story can be read on a lookout over northern Israel - wrote Rabbi Lundin about this blessing.

The Jewish way of thinking is qualitative

Studying the holy has different goals than studying the secular.

The Dream Government

Jews dream of "a ladder set on the ground and its top reaching to the heavens.".

We want Esau’s hands

Yaakov is the idealistic, ethical voice, but can he make it in the real world?

A message for the eight billion people of the planet Earth

Humanity has grown from 1m. hungry people scattered across the globe, to 8 billion organized in civilizations. Where are we in all this?

It's really 67 seats for the faith-based parties

It is only by counting the ant-Zionist Arab votes that the ratio goes down. But we are well on the derekh to a rebirth of tradition.

Politics are complicated, the truth is simple

Take away the Arab votes and there was always a clear majority for traditional and rightist positions. Now it is even greater.

For everything there is a season

And now is the season for a war over the identity and future of the State of Israel.

Seven days in Genesis

A different kind of evolution in the first week of the universe.

Gog and Magog

Is that the war we are witnessing in our time?

I have sinned, I have betrayed

Yom Kippur is not meant for us to find fault with anyone but our own selves.

Standing together at the start of the New Year and Tzom Gedaliah

Among the Israeli Jewish public there is a clear and absolute majority in favor of national and traditional identity,

The passing of Queen Elizabeth and the concept of kingdom

Descriptions of God that will soon be said on Rosh Hashana are in terms of His Kingdom. What is it that this concept adds to humankind?

Angels walking among us

The story of one of those who look like regular people, but turn out to be angels who take advantage of every second of their lives

Until the break of dawn

The people of Israel are not afraid of the dawn; because light clarifies things. They seem alone, but G-d is with them.

Will the Temple be built this year?

We mourn and fast, pray and beseech Hashem for the rebuilding of the Holy Temple. But what will happen?

The heat of summer

The Israelites traversed the desert in the heat of many summers. What gave them the strength for 42 journeys? What can we take from it?

Modesty, a handshake and a singer's fee

Today’s culture advocates that if someone is famous, then we should seriously consider their opinions in every field.

A tiny part of the picture

Beware of the character who obsessively and disproportionately intensifies the downside in everything.

Shlach: Don't just go out scrambling

Scrambling for success can make you think attaining it is more important than your eternal values.

The glow of humility

Zohar means "glow" in Hebrew - and humility, glowing and eternal, is diametrically opposed to pride.

Oh, the fear

We got t hrough the rikudgalim of Jerusalem Liberation Day and we are still here, prophets of doom notwithstanding.

Bamidbar: The lion of Judah, the flag of Jerusalem

Each tribe had a flag that marked the direction of travel. A flag signifies something to stand up for, something to believe in.

Rabbi Haggai Londin:

'Passover is a time of order - in soul and in spirit'

Rabbi Haggai Londin, of the Sderot Yeshiva, speaks to Arutz Sheva about the essence of the Festival of Passover.

To all those now celebrating life events: Rejoice

Rejoice in the event that, maybe from the technical point of view, is not going to be big, but which is going to be big in your heart.

My beloved is like a deer

The deer is an animal that nobly and easily leaps over life’s pitfalls, knowing there will be more ahead.

A very pessimistic man

There are people whose profession is a form of 'cursing'. They are very talented and clever people- whose message is that life is bad.

There will not be a Third Destruction

Things seem to be piling up just now - corona, riots in the USA, economic difficulties and more, but in the long term, they are improving..

A Visual Ode to the City of Jerusalem on its special day

'Jerusalem is not just a city. Our whole lives are a yearning for Jerusalem.'

Truth be told - it was a nightmare

The faith-based approach is to look reality straight in the eye. And that includes the lockdown.

What is to become of our money?

Are we going to go back to the Middle Ages economically? Op-ed.