A Purim Spiel
Dramatic announcement of the DOA.
Dramatic announcement of the DOA.
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.
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.
Heaven forbid that every yeshiva student go into the army! And Heaven forbid that none of them go!
“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 want to get close to Hashem the place to do it is in the Land of Israel.
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, 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.
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.
“A woman’s birthing pains are very painful,” Rabbi Druckman explains. “The same holds true for the birth pangs of Mashiach."
A yerida (descent) can be a springboard for an even greater Aliyah (ascent).
The conception that is perfectly OK to live in gentile countries must be erased.
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.
How can our Sages say that there is no Torah in the Diaspora? The Jews continued learning Torah all over the world.
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
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.
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.
Which is it going to be - the Goldene Medina or the Land of Milk and Honey given to us by Hashem?
There is no permission to engage in melancholy, whether in private or public mourning.
Rambam: If a great tribulation comes upon the nation, trumpets must be blasted and people must examine their ill deeds A call for teshuva.
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.
Today, even the leaders of the Left and the most liberal of peace mongers are calling for the destruction of Hamas. But...
HaRav Tzvi Yehuda HaKohen Kook, former head of the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem, was questioned on this by a student from America.
Reform Tzahal Now! Let it seek out and destroy our enemies as the Torah commands and they deserve.
When there is true unity, differences of opinion remain in all of their force.
The gate of Aliyah is still open but their minds are closed. Is God posing challenges to test their loyalty? Will He reject them?
Rabbi Kook on teshuva: To attain teshuva a person must rise above his focus on himself and forge an attachment with the Jewish Nation.
In tribute to Alvin Gordon z"l, a man of chesed and love for Torah and his fellow man.
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.
There are people with sensitive and high-powered souls who instinctively feel the emptiness of Judaism in gentile lands.
In honor of Rav Kook's yahrzeit, today, 3 Elul, a cinematic adaption of his poem "The Struggle".
Judaism is the NATIONAL CONSTITUTION of the Jewish NATION. And that can only come about in the Land of Israel.
Hashem has not changed His mind.
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.
Why do we need a Holy Temple, asks a youngster. This short film provides an answer.
An interview with Rabbi David Samson, author of four commentaries on Rabbi Kook’s writings.
In response to an magazine article entitled "Why are Serious Jews Like Us Living in America?" Rabbi Sholom Gold wrote the following essay.
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.
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.
As Jewish history has proven again and again, the Torah cannot survive in a jar. Neither can the Jews. Op-ed.
A new video project and a dinner in his honor gives Arutz Sheva the opportunity to ask a visionary educator questions that concern parents.
Harav Kanievski zt"l: “It is a mitzvah of the Torah to make Aliyah!”
Today, as then, there are people who simply have to complain - and those whose gripes are murmured ceaselessly.
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.
Judaism is founded on self-sacrifice. Every morning we read about the self-sacrifice Avraham and Yitzhak manifested in the Akeida. Op-ed.
“There are absolutely no justifiable reasons to settle outside the Land of Israel" - Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, the chief rabbi of Tzfat.
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 first stage, which we have witnessed in our time, is the ingathering of the exiles, rejuvenation of the Land, and rebuilding the country
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 Zohar says the Spies were afraid that they would lose their positions of authority in Eretz Yisrael. Nothing has changed.
It is easier to take the Jews out of slavery than to take slavery out of the Israeli mindset.
Jew-hatred is clearly sprayed on the wall in grafitti. Open your eyes, Diaspora Jewry. Op-ed.
The problems in Israel are the birth pangs of a fairly new nation. Take it easy. It will pass. Op-ed.
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.
Although not yet completed, the library can already be used to see articles on Purim and the teachings of Rabbi Tvi Yehuda Kook.
Interview with film maker and baal teshuva Tzvi Fishman by Yisrael Medad. The story of American Jewry or of following your heart and talent?
Rabbi Kook writes that a person engaged in the mitzvah of settling the Land of Israel is first in receiving a Divine blessing.
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
In his book, “Step-By-Step” on the Redemption of Israel, Rabbi Drukman explains the reference to dreamers in Psalm 126.
Tell Diaspora Jewry the words of Ze’ev Jabotinsky, who told Jews“to liquidate the Exile before the Exile liquidates you.” Op-ed.