Israel's third president told a story about Rav Kook that is especially appropriate on his yahrzeit.
Young religiois Zionist Torah scholars:"S’fat Emet writes that every Jew has his own portion of Eretz Yisrael which is rooted in his soul."
Elul 3 is the yahrzeit of the Torah Luminary who is the source of the ethos of Religious Zionism. Who was he? Who was his son?
The Rabbis intended that the structure of each portion be studied to teach a message unto itself.
The aim of the Reform movement is to preserve Jewish identity, and not the opposite, therefore they cannot be called heretics
The dilemma of the secularist Jew in our age.
The only way to ensure the short and long term viability of a Torah based society is loyalty to the same Torah.
We are a small nation. We are smaller than many of our neighbouring nations. But we are different.
Rosh Chodesh Elul is the beginning of the month of mercy and forgiveness leading up to the High Holydays.
The Parsha in Chesed – Parshat Re’eh
"Night and day symbolize the two stages of redemption."
Moshe commands the nation to destroy idol worship upon entering the Land of Israel - but not do do the same to G-d. What does this mean?
Defeating blood libels and the lie that we are colonizers in our land - depends on our choice of 'blessing or curse' in Re'eh and Isaiah.
When one comes up to the Beit Hamikdash he should ask of people along the way, “Where is it? Which road leads me to the House of God?”
The various “states of Jews” in the galut play an important role in attracting the haters of the Jewish State and drawing them away from us
The parasha tells us to make a choice between good and evil. The beginning of Elul tells us to reflect on and pivot away from our mistakes .
How we should relate to the mitzvot on every day of our lives - how lucky we are!
Young religious Zionist scholars: Protecting Israel's border towns trumps Shabbat observance even if there is no immediate threat to life .
Progressive liberalism took the Judaism out of the Reform Movement The lesson? We must inoculate ourselves with a Torah social culture.
Judaism stands for compassion and kindness, to animals in particular, and preventing pain to animals is crucial to how a shochet operates.
A Jewish farmer in Arkansas cannot keep the mitzvot of Shmitta because he is outside the Land of Israel. There is a Torah of Eretz Yisrael.
In the very fragility of life lies the mystery, the wonder, the hope, the light.
Alliance with Reform\Conservative Jews has limits, including not accepting conversions, marriages, and issues set out clearly in Halakha.
Choices all have consequences and later effects that may be unknown to us when we make the choice
Every time a Jew eats, the blessings he recites both before and after infuse him with the centrality of the Land of Israel.
The amount of time devoted to a particular activity is not the sole factor in determining that this is our main pursuit in life.
In this week's Parsha, Moshe teaches Am Yisrael the "simple" things Hashem asks from us. The "simple" requests Hashem has from Am Yisrael.
Tzedaka, charity, is one of the foundations of the Jewish people.
Is it "un-Jewish” and "un-rabbinic” to hope that Hashem, the God of justice, mercy and truth punish all who have wronged His people?
What, then, does sustain man?
During their forty years of desert wandering, the most crucial lessons of Israel's essence were tested and learned.
What idols sit on the tables of our homes and in our hearts?
In Judaism we do not see God; we hear God. To listen to God is to be open to God.and that is what Moses is saying throughout Devarim.
Specifically in the vicinity of the Temple Mount, the place that unites all of Israel, more care must be taken to keep the peace.
Young religious Zionist Torah scholars write weekly on Eretz Yisrael: Why Moshe wanted to cross the Jordan when the east bank was also ours.
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
There is sports and there is the sports industry. Perhaps that is what should be examined.
What are we to make of the obviously literal lesson that this week's Torah portion seemingly teaches us?
Rabbi Gold said that there is a yetzer hara (evil inclination) that causes a person to see the Land of Israel in a negative perspective.
“Lebanon… which you cross there to possess” - Shabbat Nachamu during the 2006 Lebaon War.
How can we ensure our wants are not driven by envy?
Humor and purpose. May we all find them throughout our lives.
What is the difference between “knowing it” and “pondering it in our heart”?
The oneness and unity of G-d was a revolutionary revelation enunciated in this week's Torah reading.
In a 3-minute video, Baruch Gordon connects the centrality of the Land of Israel to the weekly Torah reading of VaEtchanan.
'Hear O Israel' wasn't said so dramatically as it seems. Why did it become such an important part of our life, and what makes it so special?
A very current message about climate change can be derived from the actions of Moshe Rabbeinu.
The aptitude to live and function within the limitations of one's own shortcomings is a great talent which many do not possess.
Hashem’s answer to the Third Reich will be a world where the evil doers of all sorts will not be participants.
We may be the fewest of all peoples, but when we heed God’s call, we have the ability,to mend and transform the world.
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
The times they are a ‘changing: from the task of settling the Land of Israel to defining Torah individualism in post modern society.
No matter how far a person has fallen in his observance of Torah and Mitzvot, there is always a way back- a life-line.
Over the centuries, even without a sovereign government, Jewish law continued to operate and develop in many areas.
Young religious Zionist Torah scholars write weekly Torah thoughts centering on the uniqueness of the Land of Israel.
What is time? What is space? We live within them and can't live without them.
Here's one of the basic principles of the Torah - it doesn’t change. And it is meant to be kept in Israel.
The Rabbis at Yeshiva.co with a list of sources that may be stuidied on the fast on which 'we do not learn Torah' - and a halakha summary.
Tisha B'Av is not only a day of mourning for what we lost, but rather a reminder of what to expect from ourselves.
