Jewish heroes inspired America's founding fathers while the holy soldiers of today’s IDF are following in their footsteps.
If a nature party was the way many Israelis felt the holiday of joy in the Torah should be spent, it is a call to those who educate them.
What makes these dreams particularly unsettling for Pharaoh? What elements within them shake him to the core?
Israel's first Chief Rabbi:The strife among Jacob’s sons centered on two conflicting viewpoints regarding the sanctity of the Jewish people.
Why did G-d warn Pharaoh of the famine to come?
Ask yourself, are you a Jew? Then you are part of our people. Hamas wants to destroy you. Our brave soldiers will defend you.
Religious Zionist Torah scholars find connections between each parsha and Eretz Yisrael.
Why was Pharaoh blown away by Joseph?
There are many scenarios but all will center around our prophets’ predictions that under Hashem, we will be the torchbearers of a new era,
Joseph created a scene that almost exactly reenacted his own story.
Torah Templates of the past predict future patterns of Jewish History and Destiny.
Our generation did not merit a prophecy that explains what unleashed God’s terrible wrath in the midst of our chag. However, we can learn.
Asnas came from a very different background than Yosef, but she embraced his vision.
They want to know that the war will go on until its objectives are achieved, they do not want their lives risked in vain.
Hanukkah is a holiday about Jews fighting assimilation, but the ACLU-progressive-liberal types would have us celebrate it by assimilating.
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
In Israel we are one nation – not outside of it where we are dry scattered bones of Ezekiel’s prophecy waiting to be resurrected to life.
In the miracle of the oil flask, the eternal virtue of the Torah was revealed.
Israel's first Chief Rabbi: Ultimately, how much of our lives and pursuits truly matter?
No, we have not betrayed our mission: Yehudah, Tamar and a Hanukkah drama
This week, we delved into the well-known narrative of Potiphar's wife and her desire for Yosef.
The pasuk says וישב יעקב: ‘and Yaakov dwelt’, it clearly has the second meaning
We must ask ourselves what the light of Hanukkah means to us.
Hillel sees the world as it is; Shammai sees the world as it should be. In our imperfect world, we follow Hillel’s rulings, but one day....
In reality, the clashes between the Maccabees and the Greeks lasted 27 years of an extremely bloody and cruel war. We will need less, be"H.
We cannot stand idly by while conflict persists in Israel. Allowing ourselves to grow indifferent risks enabling tragedy.
Answering MK Meir Cohen of the Yesh Atid party's words in the Knesset - not only shameful but also deeply disturbing.
Hashem wants every aspect of our life to be fuel for His fire.
In the merit of the Holy Land.
Is it indeed three in the morning? Perhaps I am no longer here, but have drifted off into the darkness which surrounds us...
The marriage of Esau the progenitor of Rome and the West to the daughter of Yishmael is no passing "romantic interlude" but a prediction.
The commandment to conquer and defend the land overrides the preservation of individual lives.
A small taste of the brilliance of the Talmid Chacham we lost because of a barbaric terrorist's bullet.
To say that as Jews we are closer to G-d than other nations smacks of elitism and prejudice. It means we don’t understand what 'chosen' is.
A guilty conscience plagued Yaakov before meeting Esav.
Why is the story of Dina being taken captive different from those of Sarah and Rivka? What does it signify, and why does it differ?
Israel's first Chief Rabbi: The struggle between Esau and Jacob is not just a family feud.
Young Religious Zionist Torah scholars find the connections between the parsha and Eretz Yisrael.
Rashbi tells us that the hatred of Esav to Yaakov is a Halakha, so don't try to figure out why, don't try to appease, just be a proud Jew.
The Chief Rabbi writes that there are no unscathed winners in a war, but that sometimes they must be fought.
For 2000 years the land of Israel was in suspension, as a wife impatiently awaits the return of her beloved husband who was called away.
From the Torah Portion Vayishlach to Vayishlach Kislev 1948 - To Vayishlach 2023.
The Satah Litton z'l mid- month Emunah Essay: If we dream as Yaakov and Yosef did, perhaps that is already 1/60th of prophecy.
Read the Maharal on Shimon and Levi: They understoodl that if this outrage was unpunished, then no Hebrew would ever be safe again
Which is it going to be - the Goldene Medina or the Land of Milk and Honey given to us by Hashem?
There is a tsunami of disinformation about Israel peddled by establishment news sources worldwide but you can find the truth. Op-ed.
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
Hashem performs small and grand miracles daily and we must be grateful for them all, from finding lost objects to winning the current war..
Recharging is the recognition that sometimes there is no choice but to gather forces for the next round, as found in Isaiah.
One cannot find any moral hand-wringing among the classic Bible commentators when fighting the enemy..
Samson in war and peace as a metaphor for today's Israel.
Great efforts must be made to release captives, but it is forbidden to do so at the cost of endangering the lives of thousands of soldiers.
Memorializing someone who was never in the public eye, but who symbolizes ethical and idealistic, yet practical, religious Zionism.
Israel's first chief rabbi: Why should fear and apprehension be a sign of sin?
It is the will of Hashem, that a Jew be engaged in this physical world, and, in it, find a way to remain sanctified to Hashem.
How Rachel Taught Her Child—and the World—the Secret to Happiness.
Young Religious Zionist Torahs scholars see how and where Eretz Yisrael appears in the parasha.
Responding to our enemies and 'world opinion' - a timely insight from the parasha.
A time of war can feel like darkness. But we are not in a place of darkness. We are in a place of strength.
