Rabbi Yitschak Rudomin

Overcoming three of humanity's basest desires

The pressure of the three cardinal sins remains.

The Sunni "emperor" has no clothes:

Sunni Arab states failed to defend themselves against Shiite Iran

Where are the hundreds of billions of dollars in military hardware that the United States and Western Europe sold to these Arab "emperors without clothes" over decades? Opinion.

In those days and in our times:

Passover blessings and victories for Israel

God orchestrates destiny and history so that the Jewish People always win.

Of US/Israel bombings and invasions:

Lessons from wars in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Egypt, Iraq, et al

The radical nature of Iran's Islamic leaders and the people who follow them blindly indicate that will not be another change of leader Maduro event, nor a war decided through bombardment alone. Analysis.

Rav Yitzchok Hutner:

Purim and Yom Kippur are one, a mysterious connection

Purim and Yom Kippur, also called Yom Kippurim, are opposing mirror images of each other. Each provides the missing half that the other lacks and this year they merge as we celebrate in the midst of a war of survival.

The missing cry not heard around the world: Free, free Iran

There is a kind of unspoken pact in which leftists and Muslims living in Western countries do not criticize fellow Muslims even if they are massacring other Muslims. Opinion.

As one Socialist leader rises, another falls

Within days, Mamdani and Maduro found themselves conjoined in New York City. Opinion.

Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner zts"l on Hanukkah:

The effects of the Jews' confrontation with Ancient Greece

Rav Yitzchok Hutner's thoughts on the significance of the Maccabees' victory over the Greeks: 'The rekindling of the Temple Menorah on Hanukkah represents a new era of Torah transmission.'

Mamdani and the big lie:

The true realities in the Welfare State

The mayor-elect is spinning his wheels as he gaslights New Yorkers while pretending to recreate the wheel. Opinion.

Mamdani's hidden history:

80,000 Asians, one his father, were expelled from Uganda in 1972

Why does Zohran Mamdani hide the fact that 80,000 Asians, including his father, were expelled from Uganda in 1972? Opinion.

The false messianism of Mamdani's Democratic Socialism

Socialist and Communist "messiah"-figures have long paved the way to political and everyday hell. Opinion.

In the shadow of the Court Jew

An age-old phenomenon that is still with us, with one crucial change.

Delving into the mysteries of Rosh Hashanah:

Chessed (loving kindness), the essence of Judaism

Acts of Chessed are especially important during the season of Rosh Hashanah, the holiday commemorating Creation, the greatest act of initial Chessed by God.

Part III: Today:

The Islamic World vs. the Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman Worlds

An ongoing religious, cultural, historical, military struggle and rivalry coming to a head today.

Modernity:

The Islamic World vs. the Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman Worlds

An ongoing religious, cultural, historical, military struggle and rivalry- Part II.

Part I: Origins

Islamic vs. Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman worlds

An ongoing religious, cultural, historical, military struggle and rivalry.

The mindset of radical Islamic politicians in America

Why Zohran Mamdani, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar remain anti-Israel antisemites despite being educated and living in America. Opinion.

The new face of Jihad and Intifada in America

A young crop of radical Islamic smiling Jihadis and Intifadists subvert Academia, Public Relations and Politics to reach their Anti-Israel and Antisemitic goals in America. Opinion.

Mamdani Madness and Mania:

A radical Socialist Muslim plans a Mad, Mad, Mad New York

Doomed to failure, Mamdani's plans for New York sound like they were written by the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. He and his wife and parents' blatant antisemitism adds evil to the general madness. Opinion.

The decline and fall of Islamic regimes over the last 100 years

Modern Muslim tyrannies always lose. A one-by-one survey of five of the Muslim nations whose commonality is hating Israel: Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Pakistan. Part 2 (link to part I below).

Modern Muslim tyrannies always lose

The decline and fall of Islamic Regimes over the last 100 years.

Post Pesach thoughts based on Rav Yitzchok Hutner's teachings

Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as embodiments of God's divine attributes.

The Passover Exodus: History's turning point:

Reflections on the profundity of the first night of Passover,

Isolationist dangers of the Trump Doctrine

Defending the Western World remains America's historical responsibility and destiny

A Purim paradox:

Haman's sons learned Torah in Bnei Brak?

Haman's sons would have to have been genuine converts to Judaism in that case. However, we (the Jewish People) do not accept Amalekite converts. Therein lies the paradox explained here by Rav Hutner.

The Torah viewpoint on Antisemitism

For the last two thousand years antisemitism or hatred of the Jewish People has come from two main directions, Christianity and Islam.

Rav Yitzchok Hutner and Chabad–Lubavitch:

Reviewing "Rabbi Hutner and Rebbe" by Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, Part II

The Jewish People found in both Rav Hutner and the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Godly agents to help the world be a better place. A comparison of two giants.

Rav Yitzchok Hutner and Chabad–Lubavitch

Reviewing "Rabbi Hutner and Rebbe" by Rabbi Chaim Dalfin (Part One),

Modernity:

The Islamic World vs. the Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman Worlds

Part 2: Ongoing religious, cultural, historical, military struggle and rivalry.

The Novardok Yeshiva and Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin US connection

Thoughts after the recent passing of Rav Mordechai Zev Yoffen (Jofen) Z"L Rosh Yeshiva of the Novardok Yeshiva in Brooklyn.

The demise of modern delusional Arab dictators

Five anti-Israel Arab dictatorships that went up in flames. Op-ed.

Od yoter tov - it will get better

The song Od Yoter Tov caused a surge of optimism in Israel, lyrics written by Breslov Rabbis and sung by popular Israeli singers.

From Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner zts"l's teachings:

Hanukkah: How Torah forgetfulness caused the Renaissance of Torah

There was a major shift in the world of Torah scholarship 2,200 years ago. A new light was born in response to the Greeks' darkness that, paradoxically, strengthened Torah scholarship for all time.

The effects of the Greek confrontation with the Jewish People

A New Era of Torah Transmission. How and why it came about.

The writings of Rav Hutner zt"l: Reflections on Pachad Yitzchok

An introduction to the published correspondence of Rav Yitzchok Hutner, by Rabbi Israel Meir Kirzner.

A lecture about the Holocaust by Rav Yitzchok Hutner zts"l

The pattern of Jewish history throughout the ages is Churban, Golus, Geulah – Destruction, Exile, Redemption.

A lecture about Jewish Education by Rabbi Hutner

This lecture was translated into English during the renowned Rabbi's lifetime and is an enlightening read.

Why is there no translation of Rav Yitzchok Hutner's works?

Challenges faced by Rav Yitzchok Hutner zts"l in the translation of his books and thought systems into English.

English translations of Rav Yitzchok Hutner works (Part III)

An English translation by Rabbi Eliakim Willner and a translated biography by Rabbi Shmuel Kirzner about Rav Yitzchok Hutner

Rav Yitzchok Hutner's books and thought systems (Part Two)

Rabbi Yitzchok Alster's interpretations of Rav Hutner's works in English.

Rav Yitzchok Hutner's books and thought systems (Part I)

English translations Rabbi Pinchas Stolper nurture growth and interest in the English speaking world in Rav Hutner's writings and have made these briliant works available to the English-speaking reader.

A sad finale to a sad presidency

The world inheriting the intermarried Kamala Harris is the sad ending to Joe Biden's career. The policies of Harris and her running mate spell an end to America's days of glory.

The perfidy of the British Labour Party

The love-hate relationship between Great Britain, the Jews and Israel.

Forced conscription of Haredim in Israel will never work

Haredim are insular, most are non-Zionist while others are anti-Zionist, and only by peaceful means, allowing for voluntary conscription, will they serve. Opinion.

The Supreme Court of Israel confronts the Haredim

Irresistible force hits an immovable object as service in the IDF becomes a flashpoint in the confrontation between secular liberal society in Israel and the refusal of the traditionalist Haredim to comply.

The Old Yishuv and the unbroken presence of Jews in the Holy Land

For about 1,800 years, from the time of their defeat by the Romans to British rule, the Jews of the Land of Israel were pious and peaceful, accepting their fate as subjects of the occupying powers and praying for their Final Redemption from foreign occupation, persecution and exile.

The world must focus on Iran, not Israel

Ignorance and antisemitism combined with pure malice and evil coalesce in the minds and hearts of Israel's enemies to cover up or turn a blind eye to direct Iranian support for terrorism and war against Israel. They are next. Op-ed.

Infamous trials and immoral laws that failed against Jews

Travesties of justice from the auto-da-fé in Spain, Dreyfus in France, Beilis in Russia, to the Nuremberg Laws in Germany and the ICJ & ICC in The Hague against Israel

Nazi and Communist influence on modern Islamic Radicalism

Communism in the USSR and Nazism in Germany at their peak seemed insurmountable when they marched across the globe "triumphantly", but with the help of God they were defeated and crumbled.

How the West has been fooled again and again

The undermining of the West's will before WWII, during the Vietnam War and in Israel's war against Hamas follow a pattern. So it's not the first time. Opinion.

Why if Israel fights on, it will win

What nations like America do when they are attacked.

Challenges of War: Making sense of Jewish death and suffering

The Torah and Judaism do not hide from the topic of death and suffering and in fact early on in the Torah lay down the source of the problem in the first place.

The three Jewish Temples: The inevitability of Jewish Redemption

There are three important Jewish holidays celebrating Jewish redemption each of which is the historical template and precursor of the establishment of the First, Second and Third Jewish Temples.

Important themes of Rav Yitzchok Hutner's teachings, Part 5

Part 5: The Eternal Struggle Between Good and Evil

Important themes of Rav Yitzchok Hutner's teachings

Part 4: Shabbos as the source of all holiness.

Important themes of Rav Yitzchok Hutner's teachings

Part 3: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Founders and Pillars of the Jewish People.

Important themes of Rav Yitzchok Hutner's teachings

Part 2: Stages and Patterns of World and Jewish History

Important themes of Rav Yitzchok Hutner's teachings

There were general themes that emerged that were constants like axioms and premises in the vast Torah intellectual structure that Rav Hutner taught and built.

"The day after" the war in Gaza conundrum

Difficult choices during difficult times. The Arabs of the Gaza Strip backed the wrong horse in this race and lost. They should pay for it. Op-ed.

South Africa's blood libel against Israel

Israel's army of Jewish soldiers is well aware of what genocide means because the Jewish People suffered a real genocide at the hands of the Nazis. There were no international aid organizations and shipments to relieve the suffering and hunger of Jews as they were shipped off to death camps. Op-ed.