Tzvi Fishman

The spirit of Mashiach wafts over Lebanon skies and Gazan tunnels

Hashem and His Nation Israel have taken the world's front stage, weeding out the poisonous thorns that would destroy G-d's people of Israel. Watch out, Tehran!

A new light on Zion - Rabbi Kook's outlook on the Jewish People

In its military prowess, in the building of Medinat Yisrael, and in the full content of its national life, as well as in the life of each and every individual, Am Yisrael realizes the potential of the unified soul of the Jewish People as a whole.

In memory of Cherna z"l

Cherna Moskowitz z"l was laid to rest today, next to her late husband, Irving, on the Mount of Olives, a few meters from the grave of Rav Avraham HaCohen Kook. A tribute to a woman of valor and builder of Israel.

Ekev:

The Alcatraz Syndrome

Yes, freedom and change can be difficult and challenging, but millions of former prisoners have escaped their former prisons and found a wonderful new life in Israel.

Rav Tzvi Yehuda Kook:

Judaism is a code of life highlighted by action

While Judaism has philosophical and even meditative aspects, it is first and foremost a clear and precise code of commandments and the action necessary to observe them - as opposed to Buddhism and other religions.

Jews of America, why wait?

Why do we in Israel see the danger so clearly while the Jews of America and their Jewish leadership seem not to feel it? Op-ed.

What short memories Jews have! The state of French Jewry

We must act quickly and call out to all the Jews of France – ‘Don't delay. The situation throughout Europe is rapidly deteriorating. You have an historic opportunity to immigrate to Israel and to be a part of the generation returning to Zion after 2000 years of exile."

A letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu on Diaspora youth

Wherever Jews live throughout the world, we are one united nation and everyone has the responsibility (and privilege) to share the burden and great merit of military service in defense of our cherished Homeland. Op-ed.

Rav Mordechai Eliyahu, of Blessed Memory

Two stories. For his yahrzeit: "Tell me, will you? How does this Rabbi do these things?”

HaRav Shmuel Eliahu's call for Aliyah

So all-encompassing is this commandment that a person performs it even while he sleeps!

Diaspora Jews to the rescue!

When the State of Israel is hard-pressed to defend itself from savage enemies on two fronts, from the north and the south, where are the young Jews of America? Why don’t they come to the rescue?

State of Israel, wake up!

The State of Israel must urgently develop a practical contingency plan for the absorption of European Jewry into Israel.

If the Rebbe were alive today

What would the Rebbe tell his followers to do in the face of growing antisemitism in the West if he were with us today?

'Let my people stay' - in the Diaspora?

Instead of reading the handwriting on the wall, Diaspora Jews are begging Gentile governments for the chance to stay where they are. For Theodore Herzl's birthday.

The failure of Diaspora leadership

Why is it that a notable number of Jewish American youth feel not just an estrangement towards Zionism, but also antipathy? How did Diaspora leaders let this happen?

The Band-Aid Aliyah conception

Unfortunately we are indeed a stubborn people. Without getting repeatedly hit on the head we don’t internalize the message. Must we wait until blood flows on college campuses in America and on the streets of Lakewood and Monsey, New York?

President Herzog – It isn’t enough to say “We Hear You.”

Caring about the worsening situation in America won’t help the beleaguered Jews there. We have to act!!

Aliyah is now an emergency - act on it

Israel was caught off guard and unprepared on October 7th. Is it prepared to facilitate the mass wave of Aliyah that may be coming?

Change the aliyah focus now!

There is a better approach to aliyah than spending fortunes to bring Jews from Western countries. Opinion

Should you be angry at Ezekiel for this week's Haftorah?

The problem isn’t the Jews in Israel. The problem is the Jews outside of it.

A Purim Spiel

Dramatic announcement of the DOA.

It’s just the beginning

Rabbi Kook sought to explain how an enlightened, industrialized, and cultured Europe could unleash such destructive barbaric forces that brought the world to a cataclysmic and death-filled war. Nothing has changed.

The bombshell

Rabbi Yitschak Yossef's statements must be understood in the context of how the issue of haredi draft is being used for politial ends. In truth, for the IDF, the enlistment of ten-thousand Haredim would be more of a headache than a salvation.

Rav Tzvi Yehuda on IDF service of Yeshiva students

Heaven forbid that every yeshiva student go into the army! And Heaven forbid that none of them go!

“Jewish Tradition” – A monumental new book

“Jewish Tradition” is for everyone. For secular Jews, new baalei tshuva, and would-be converts, the book is like a mini encyclopedia. For others, it is enlightening because it explains Torat Eretz Yisrael.

If you really want to come closer to God...

If you want to get close to Hashem the place to do it is in the Land of Israel.

To bomb or not to bomb? A fantasy

The five members of the Israeli war cabinet assembled in the special underground bunker situated on the outskirts of Jerusalem and then fantasy took over. A short story.

Setbacks and Redemption in writings of Rav Druckman

Setbacks, he reminds us, occur not only if we are caught unprepared by an enemy attack – setbacks can occur when the unity of the nation is weakened from fraternal turmoil.

The first Tu B’Shvat in Shilo

Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook planted a sapling in Shilo on the first Tu B'shvat celebrated there. His stirring words continue tol inspire and a reserve soldier has written a timely addtion to them.

Setbacks and Israel’s Redemption

“A woman’s birthing pains are very painful,” Rabbi Druckman explains. “The same holds true for the birth pangs of Mashiach."

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Setbacks and Israel’s Redemption – Part 1

A yerida (descent) can be a springboard for an even greater Aliyah (ascent).

Make no mistake – the Exile is a curse

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

Room with a view, Jerusalem

On a clear day, between the buildings you can see the Knesset, which has been enveloped in a fog of confusion during this war.Op-ed.

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.

Why Diaspora Jews don’t understand that they belong in Israel

The spark of love in their souls for the Land of Israel, a part of our genetic inheritance from our holy forefathers, needs to be lit

The Nature Party

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.

The Hanukkah "Conceptsia"

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.

My home sweet home

Which is it going to be - the Goldene Medina or the Land of Milk and Honey given to us by Hashem?

Feeling down is not an option

There is no permission to engage in melancholy, whether in private or public mourning.

Why? Why? Why?

Rambam: If a great tribulation comes upon the nation, trumpets must be blasted and people must examine their ill deeds A call for teshuva.

Hashem has promised

Often we look upon Hashem as if He were a spare tire Most of the time we drive about,, not thinking about the spare tire until we need it.

The Rashi conception

Today, even the leaders of the Left and the most liberal of peace mongers are calling for the destruction of Hamas. But...

My parents want me to return home immediately!

HaRav Tzvi Yehuda HaKohen Kook, former head of the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem, was questioned on this by a student from America.

The Torah believes in destroying enemies of Israel

Reform Tzahal Now!  Let it seek out and destroy our enemies as the Torah commands and they deserve.

Jewish Unity – is it possible?

When there is true unity, differences of opinion remain in all of their force.

The Aliyah Gate is closing

The gate of Aliyah is still open but their minds are closed. Is God posing challenges to test their loyalty? Will He reject them?

Light unto the Nations

Rabbi Kook on teshuva: To attain teshuva a person must rise above his focus on himself and forge an attachment with the Jewish Nation.

Kindness makes the world go around

In tribute to Alvin Gordon z"l, a man of chesed and love for Torah and his fellow man.

Open letter to President Biden

The writers of the letters you received asking you not to meet with Netanyahu represent a very small minority of the Israeli public. Op-ed.

A message no one wants to hear

There are people with sensitive and high-powered souls who instinctively feel the emptiness of Judaism in gentile lands.

Cinematic Premier on Arutz Sheva: The Struggle, by Rabbi Kook

In honor of Rav Kook's yahrzeit, today, 3 Elul, a cinematic adaption of his poem "The Struggle".

Judaism is much more than ritual precepts

Judaism is the NATIONAL CONSTITUTION of the Jewish NATION. And that can only come about in the Land of Israel.

How to get close to G-d

Hashem has not changed His mind.

The Caged Lion – A parable by Rabbi Kook

The Sages of the Talmud warned us long ago that nerves of steel would be needed to bear the birth pains leading to the Mashiach’s arrival.

May it come soon - an answer to a child's question

Why do we need a Holy Temple, asks a youngster. This short film provides an answer.

Do we have to love anarchists?

An interview with Rabbi David Samson, author of four commentaries on Rabbi Kook’s writings.

The passion of our time - memories of Rabbi Gold zt"l

In response to an magazine article entitled "Why are Serious Jews Like Us Living in America?" Rabbi Sholom Gold wrote the following essay.

17th of Tammuz: If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem

Today's fast mourns the breaching of the walls of Jerusalem by enemies who burnt the Temple and exiled the Jews.Time to come home.Op-ed.

Celebrate the Fourth of July?

After you finish your meal and thank G-d, don’t confuse matters and think that the land Birkat HaMazon is referring to is America. Op-ed.

Torah in a jar

As Jewish history has proven again and again, the Torah cannot survive in a jar. Neither can the Jews. Op-ed.