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Unveiling the site of the Beit Hamikdash

How and when was the site of the Holy Temple finally revealed?

Unveiling the site of the Beit Hamikdash

“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers…”

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, will yet defeat our enemies in the Land of Israel.

“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers…”

Reconversion

Someone born to a Jewish mother who intermarried and who was raised a Christian would now like to live as a Jew. What is the halakha?

Reconversion

Vaeira: The process of convincing Pharaoh

Step by step, plague after plague, Pharaoh learns the way the world works.

Vaeira: The process of convincing Pharaoh

Three sets of ten

We have the ten utterances of creation, the ten plagues, and the ten commandments. Is there a connection?

Three sets of ten

Vaeira: Would not one great plague alone have sufficed?

After all, in the past century we witnessed how two bombs forced the powerful and fanatical Japanese Empire to surrender unconditionally.

Vaeira: Would not one great plague alone have sufficed?

The demographic oblivion of Europe

In the 14th century the plague wiped out 80 percent of the Italian population. In the 21st century it is disappearing by choice. Op-ed.

The demographic oblivion of Europe

Weekly Torah Study:

What had Israel to gain from finding grace in Egyptian eyes?

Finding grace in Egyptian eyes was no less a miracle than the plagues. What does it signify?

What had Israel to gain from finding grace in Egyptian eyes?

Breaking down a false self-image

To initiate the recognition of God, one must begin developing a more realistic view of the self. Pharaoh had to rethink his self-image.

Breaking down a false self-image

Revealing Hashem in the world

The world must comprehend the 3 truths determined by G-d's actions in Egypt.

Revealing Hashem in the world

Why so many plagues?

G-d could have wreaked just one major plague on Egypt to achieve Jewish freedom. Why were there ten?

Why so many plagues?

Many European countries will implode, just like the Roman Empire

History is going to repeat itself as we see before us the same double demographic shock that brought the Roman Empire to its end. Opinion.

Many European countries will implode, just like the Roman Empire

Plague and climate change may have destroyed Negev economy

Grape pips reveal collapse of ancient economy in the grip of plague and climate change.

Plague and climate change may have destroyed Negev economy

Is Covid-19 another Black Plague? A comparative analysis

Is Covid-19 another Black Plague? A comparative analysis

Trying to find the positive in everything - even coronavirus

Trying to find the positive in everything - even coronavirus

Coronavirus and the Black Plague

Coronavirus and the Black Plague

No Locusts Allowed to Plague Israel

A swarm of one million locusts that was headed north from southern Israel has been stopped dead in its tracks.

No Locusts Allowed to Plague Israel