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A Purim Spiel

Dramatic announcement of the DOA.

A Purim Spiel

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.

It’s just the beginning

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.

The bombshell

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!

Rav Tzvi Yehuda on IDF service of Yeshiva students

“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.

“Jewish Tradition” – A monumental new book

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.

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

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.

To bomb or not to bomb? A fantasy

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.

Setbacks and Redemption in writings of Rav Druckman

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.

The first Tu B’Shvat in Shilo

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."

Setbacks and Israel’s Redemption

Tzv Fishman

Setbacks and Israel’s Redemption – Part 1

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

Setbacks and Israel’s Redemption – Part 1

Make no mistake – the Exile is a curse

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

Make no mistake – the Exile is a curse

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.

Room with a view, Jerusalem

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.

Is there no Torah in Exile?

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

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

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 Nature Party

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.

The Hanukkah "Conceptsia"

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?

My home sweet home

Feeling down is not an option

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

Feeling down is not an option

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.

Why? Why? Why?

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.

Hashem has promised

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...

The Rashi conception

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.

My parents want me to return home immediately!

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.

The Torah believes in destroying enemies of Israel

Jewish Unity – is it possible?

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

Jewish Unity – is it possible?

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?

The Aliyah Gate is closing

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.

Light unto the Nations

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.

Kindness makes the world go around

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.

Open letter to President Biden

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.

A message no one wants to hear

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".

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

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.

Judaism is  much more than ritual precepts

How to get close to G-d

Hashem has not changed His mind.

How to get close to G-d

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.

The Caged Lion – A parable by Rabbi Kook

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.

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

Do we have to love anarchists?

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

Do we have to love anarchists?

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.

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

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.

17th of Tammuz: If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem

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.

Celebrate the Fourth of July?

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.

Torah in a jar

Rabbi Samson Says

A new video project and a dinner in his honor gives Arutz Sheva the opportunity to ask a visionary educator questions that concern parents.

Rabbi Samson Says

Sin of the spies-then and now

Harav Kanievski zt"l: “It is a mitzvah of the Torah to make Aliyah!”

Sin  of the spies-then and now

Behaalotcha (Israel): Meet the complainers

Today, as then, there are people who simply have to complain - and those whose gripes are murmured ceaselessly.

Behaalotcha (Israel): Meet the complainers

Op-Ed:

Time to come home

Haman did more to promote Jewish identity than all the Prophets of Israel combined. But who will lead the Jews to Israel right now? Op-ed.

Time to come home

Have we forgotten our forefather Avraham?

Judaism is founded on self-sacrifice. Every morning we read about the self-sacrifice Avraham and Yitzhak manifested in the Akeida. Op-ed.

Have we forgotten our forefather Avraham?

Op-Ed:

The real reason Jews don’t make Aliyah

“There are absolutely no justifiable reasons to settle outside the Land of Israel" - Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, the chief rabbi of Tzfat.

The real reason Jews don’t make Aliyah

Op-Ed:

The incredible wonder of Lag Ba'Omer in Israel

Lag Ba’Omer bonfires show us that the inner light of the Torah can never be extinguished in the depths of our Nation’s soul. Op-ed.

The incredible wonder of Lag Ba'Omer in Israel

Just the beginning

The first stage, which we have witnessed in our time, is the ingathering of the exiles, rejuvenation of the Land, and rebuilding the country

Just the beginning

The State of Israel must be prepared for Aliyah

Israel must initiate a NATIONAL ALIYAH PROJECT preparing for the masses who will flock to Zion to escape the new wave of Jew hatred. Op-ed.

The State of Israel must be prepared for Aliyah

Why Jewish leaders refuse to listen

The Zohar says the Spies were afraid that they would lose their positions of authority in Eretz Yisrael. Nothing has changed.

Why Jewish leaders refuse to listen

Still slaves after all these years

It is easier to take the Jews out of slavery than to take slavery out of the Israeli mindset.

Still slaves after all these years

Op-Ed

How blind can we be?

Jew-hatred is clearly sprayed on the wall in grafitti. Open your eyes, Diaspora Jewry. Op-ed.

How blind can we be?

Op-Ed

To Diaspora Jews: Don't worry!

The problems in Israel are the birth pangs of a fairly new nation. Take it easy. It will pass. Op-ed.

To Diaspora Jews: Don't worry!

Remembering Chaim Topol

Topol's warned me: Stay away from the Arab-Israel conflict or the champions of ldemocracy will have you blacklisted for your Zionism. Op-ed.

Remembering Chaim Topol

'Torat Eretz Yisrael' for everyone - a new digital library

Although not yet completed, the library can already be used to see articles on Purim and the teachings of Rabbi Tvi Yehuda Kook.

'Torat Eretz Yisrael' for everyone - a new digital library

“The Fabelmans” - is this American Jewry?

Interview with film maker and baal teshuva Tzvi Fishman by Yisrael Medad. The story of American Jewry or of following your heart and talent?

“The Fabelmans” - is this American Jewry?

Op-ed:

From Babylon to Boca

Rabbi Kook writes that a person engaged in the mitzvah of settling the Land of Israel is first in receiving a Divine blessing.

From Babylon to Boca

Israel Prize for Hypocrisy

n my opinion, Grossman deserves a prize for chutzpah and hypocrisy, not writing. But what do I know? I voted to Ben Gvir and Smotrich. Op-ed

Israel Prize for Hypocrisy

Wake up from your dream!

In his book, “Step-By-Step” on the Redemption of Israel, Rabbi Drukman explains the reference to dreamers in Psalm 126.

Wake up from your dream!

Open letter to our new Diaspora Minister: Bring our people home!

Tell Diaspora Jewry the words of Ze’ev Jabotinsky, who told Jews“to liquidate the Exile before the Exile liquidates you.” Op-ed.

Open letter to our new Diaspora Minister: Bring our people home!