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Nissan 27 5781 | Baruch Gordon
Israel Ind. Day - Missing Link in Ancient Rabbinic Code
Though the Hebrew calendar date of Israel Independence Day was decided upon by the Israeli government a year after the establishment of the State, their choice of day - the 5th of the Hebrew month of Iyar - received a divine stamp of approval in that this very day filled the missing link in a Rabbinic puzzle of centuries.
The Essence of the Day
Nisaan 27 5781 | Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
Translated by Hillel Fendel From Destruction to Revival
Rav Tzvi Yehuda Hakohen Kook, saw the terrible destruction of the Shoah in the context of the great construction of the Redemption. While the Exile was being all but destroyed, he Nation of Israel was being built up in its homeland.
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Nissan 26 5781 | Rabbi Shlomo Katz
A Berdichever First Impression
When Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev became the Rav of the well-established community in Berditchev and how he made his first impression as someone extremely and incredibly special.
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Nissan 26 5781 | Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Reticence vs. Impetuosity
It should have been a day of joy. The Israelites had completed the Mishkan, the Sanctuary. But tragedy struck. The two elder sons of Aaron “offered a strange fire" and they died. Aaron’s joy turned to mourning.
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Nissan 25 5781 | Rabbi Stewart Weiss
The Pain and the Pride
Israel is a roller-coaster, a thrill ride; We are currently in the "sandwich," in the segment between the twin triumphs of our glorious redemption from Egypt, and "Exodus 1948," when we re-established ourselves as a sovereign country.
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