Rabbi Shlomo Aviner

Yehuda the Maccabee was a realist

Spirtual Q & A on Hanukkah that brings the past to bear on the present.

Decline of the West in the Book of Ovadia

Yes, Esav rises high up to the top of the ladder, but eventually Hashem orchestrates his fall. It was prophesied then and it is happening before our eyes.

Vayetze:

Only in Eretz Yisrael

Yaakov understood that through the holiness of Eretz Yisrael, which was the “house of G-d and the gate of heaven,” he would be able to fulfill his task of connecting heaven and earth.

Linking to Sarah

All of Israel emanates from Sarah; likewise all the converts who joined the Nation during every generation, even though they are not directly linked by a biological chain. Every convert is called the son of Sarah.

11th of Cheshvan:

Rachel – Comfort on the way

As long as Rachel is crying for her children, she is alive. And so are we. She suffers over our plight, but she is still very much with us. As long as she responds to our prayers and comforts us, she continues to be.

My Fellow Rabbis – To the Land of Israel!

The mitzvah of the moment is to awaken your congregations to take immediate steps to begin the process of Aliyah.

The snake and the Smartphone Family

Interview with the head of Yeshivat Ateret Yerushalayim addresses the hard truth about the smartphone.

Crises as we build our national life

'The difference is that Diaspora Jewry is feeling the spasms of death while the Jews in Israel are experiencing the spasms of birth.'

Shaked: Women can do anything, including lead a country

Former Justice Minister respectfully tells rabbi off, says 'women can do anything.'

Bennett: Rabbi Aviner's comments are disgraceful

New Right leader slams prominent Religious Zionist rabbi for saying women should not be in politics.

Rabbis against New Israel Fund: 'It fights against Judaism'

Rabbis Eliyahu, Lior and Aviner call upon religious Zionist organizations to sever contact with NIF. "They seek to destroy us from within."

Rabbi Aviner: Commanding a mixed unit a violation of halakha

Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, rabbi of Beit El, says he did not authorize religious officer to serve in mixed-gender unit

Rabbis, MKs: High Court Has Something Against Us

Hundreds of people joined a large crowd in Beit El to recite afternoon prayers near two buildings the High Court ordered torn down.

Rabbis Slam Bennett's 'Saving Religious Zionism' Comments

Religious Zionist rabbis who transferred support to Ha'am Itanu criticize Bennett for saying he saved religious Zionist vision in Knesset.

Rabbi, Students: No Place for Zionists at Hareidi Rally

Yeshiva students, former IDF Chief Rabbi, urge religious-Zionists who are planning to attend hareidi rally to reconsider.

Senior Rabbis Forbid Taking Spanish Citizenship as Reparations

Religious Zionist rabbis, including Rabbi Sholmo Aviner, forbid obtaining Spanish passports, compare to 'reparations' for expulsion.

Jonathan Pollard and Israel's New Year Prognosis

The Custom of Eating Fruit on Tu B'Shvat

A Clear Messianic Sign

Putting Fellow Man First: Jonathan Pollard

<I>Vayigash</I>: Love & Hatred

Lucky Yehudah the Maccabee Didn't Ask

Dreams

<I>Vayishlach:</I> "I Buried Her on the Way"

<I>Vayetze:</I> Good Taste and Good Will

<I>Toldot:</I> Avoiding Arguments

<I>Chayei Sarah</I>: Acquiring Territory in the Land of Israel

Refusing a Mad and Evil Order - Part II

Refusing a Mad and Evil Order - Part I

<I>Lech Lecha</I>: The Trials of Avraham

Jonathan Pollard: Our Teacher in Self-Sacrifice

<I>Noach</I>: Technology and Morality

Yonah: Fleeing From G-d?

Redemption and Repentance

<I>Ki Tavo</I>: Joy in the Observance of <I>Mitzvot</I>

<I>Ki Tetze</i>: Guarding Your Tongue

Souls of <I>Ikvata</I>

<I>Shoftim: Emunat Chachamim</I>

<I>Re'eh</I>: The Mitzvah of Settling the Land

<I>Vaetchanan</I>: The Torah is the Soul

In Honor of Herzl's 100th <I>Yahrzeit</I>

<I>Balak</I>: Bil'am's Wickedness

Differentiation or Generalization

The Spies

<I>B'haalotcha</I>: Journey and Transitions

<I>Bamidbar</I>: Military Service and Family Units

Yerushalayim

<I>Emor</I>: An Eye for an Eye

Where is Our Brother Jonathan?

Na'aman's Tzara'at

<I>Shemini</I>: Dedication of the Mikdash

<I>Vayikra</I>: It Is Intent That Counts

Good and Bad

What Will Be in the End?

"And I Shall Dwell in their Midst"

<i>Mishpatim</I>: The General and the Particular

The Laws of Uprooting Jewish Settlements

Where is Jonathan?

Parshat Ki Tisa - The Criteria of Good and Bad

Parshat Mishpatim - &quot;The General and the Particular&quot;