Exile

Don't miss the boat!

Hashem is always sending us signs of what we should do. Many times we do not understand the signs or we completely ignore them. Like the story of the boat that came to save the rabbi from a flood.

Torah Mitzion:

The connection between Shemita and the Galut

Both teach us the same crucial values.

Rabbi Nachman Kahana

Vayakhel: And he gathered

Gather together and come home voluntarily before it becomes impossible.

In a dark exile, whispering trees

A father plants saplings 210 years early, offering solace to his children.

Make no mistake – the Exile is a curse

The conception that is perfectly OK to live in gentile countries must be erased.

Is there no Torah in Exile?

How can our Sages say that there is no Torah in the Diaspora? The Jews continued learning Torah all over the world.

Eretz Yisrael in the parasha: The Holy Land lacks nothing

Young religiious Zionist Torah scholars teach connections to the Land in the parasha.

What's missing in Lakewood?

The recipe for survival in exile is a recipe for disaster for a nation in its own land. Op-ed.

In a dark Exile, whispering trees

Why Chassidus Is critical to trauma healing.

The lessons of exile

Why were the Jews exiled specifically to Egypt?

Vayigash:The only mistaken thing Jacob ever said

What was the reason for Jacob's fear about going to Egypt?

Elul is here- are you missing the point?

The mourning required during Tammuz and Av was for the physical exile and will end through a physical act of return.

Bechukotai: Why Exile?

Israel's first Chief Rabbi and advocate for returning to the Land, on the anguished question: Why should the Jewish people be in exile?

Kedoshim: In Eretz Yisrael, the means are as worthy as the ends

Young Religious Zionist Torah scholars on the Parasha: In Eretz Yisrael we feel the joy and the sense that nothing is lacking in our lives.

Metzora: The malady that brings healing

The corruption of a soul that separates one from his holy essence and his people results in the spiritual eruption of Tzaraat and exile.

Churban (Destruction) - Galut (Exile) - Geulah (Redemption)

Secular Jews pose a threat to the Jewish People when they assimilate In Israel, many have dedicated themselves to uprooting Jewish life.

The Parsha and Current Events: Danger and Fear in the air

Not only in the Ukraine but in LA, South Bend, Atlanta, Houston, Skokie, Brooklyn, Hollywood, Boca Raton, Ferndale, Kiryat Joel, NYC.

Shemot: The exile pattern

It is easy to see history repeating itself, down to the enthusiastic Egyptization of the tribes during Joseph's lifetime. But later on,..

Israel appreciation

We don’t appreciate what we have until we’ve lost it. Opinion.

Israel's first Chief Rabbi:

Vayigash: The first Exile

The Jewish people have spent more years in exile than in their own land. Why?

VAYIGASH 5782

Jacob's fear of exile

Jacob's fears were justified. One need only look at the last fifty years of American Jewish history to appreciate the dangers of galut!

Nitzavim - Last Shabbat of 5781

Where is our generation alluded to in the Torah?

Anti-Semitism? – Blame those illegal Jewish settlers

Parashat Ki Tavo tells us just what defines an 'illegal settler' - providing food for thought.

A unique singular State of Israel vs. the many “States of Jews”

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 Parsha and Current Events: The head chases its tail

Who - or what - will break the vicious cycle of the God-fearing communities in the galut?

“No Jew will be left behind, no tears will be left to be cried”

When we come back home at the end of the Edomite exile, it will be forever. And our exiles are alluded to in yesterday's Torah reading.

Vayikra: A new Book, a new month, a new year, a new era

Israel’s redemption is a combination of G-d’s decision and our actions - in the Exodus, the Mishkan, redemption from Babylon and today.

Strangers in a strange land

A meeting of Congress opened with a prayer to God (He/She/It) and concluded with “Amen” and “A-women”. We really are strangers.

The most comfortable exile ever - what could possibly go wrong?

Is it prescient that the Torah readings during this stormy period in the USA are about the change in Egypt's attitude towards the Jews?

In Mount Zion there shall be refuge

The US is on the brink of civil anarchy which could lead to civil war, and when Esau is battling Esau, it is no place for Jews to be.Op-ed.

The best Galus ever

Home is home, and if it isn't everything you want it to be, you need to be there to really change that. Opinion

As US Jewry's door closes, Jewish destiny has moved to Israel

First Russia, Ukraine, Persia, France.The reality is that the Exile slowly but surely, is closing its door in America as well.Op-ed.

The connection between Parashat Vayigash and the 10th of Tevet

Exile, like the pull of Hell, sucks the Jew into its dread grasp – and it becomes ever-harder to leave.

The Egyptian Exile and the Exile of our Generation

Yaakov finds it hard to leave the Land even to see Joseph and does so only after G-d's encouragement - and Judah's prepartation.

Parashat Vayetze: Preparing for exile

Jews who eschew Torah, swiftly break any faith with the Land of Israel; and Jews who eschew the Land, swiftly break faith with the Torah.

Get ready - don't just wait

When Mashiach comes, what will the children of the Exile do? Expect him to come and get them?

The magnitude of G-d's Voice

The magnitude of Hashem's voice is perceived in accordance with the spiritual intensity of the respective place and situation.

Big Bang and Creation

The State of Israel is a small object in the universe of nations. But the pressure it exerts influences every part of the globe.

Binyamin community Neriah stands with world Jewry

Neriah residents tell Diaspora brethren: 'Diaspora Jewry always stood alongside Jews in Eretz Yisrael. Now we're called to stand by them.'

One truth, not two

Are we still in exile?

1985 interview with spiritual leader of French Jewry, Rabbi Yehuda Leon Ashkenazi, sheds light on the significance of the Tisha B'Av fast.

'The Turkey Prince:' Levels of meaning

Rabbi Nachman's stories come to life with levels of meaning for parents, educators and everyone else.

'What If Exile Never Happened?' Documentary Pulled From BBC

A documentary, which makes highly controversial claims about Jewish history, was unexpectedly pulled from the broadcaster's line-up.