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The father – an educator / high-tech / accountant (circle as relevant) – a major in reserves of a command center and in parallel, part of the community's area defense unit; the mother – a principal / doctor / self-employed (circle as relevant) – head of the ZaHI [community emergency/resilience] team (is everyone on the ZaHI team?) and at the same time, looking after the grandchildren of the daughter whose husband is in the reserves; the children – the three sons are army officers and the four daughters are married to officers; two family members donated a kidney, lung, retina or something. When we arrive on Friday for Shabbat (in order to use their housing unit that they donated for the benefit of the guests who come to visit), it turns out that the husband is on reserve duty and the family is now busy baking challah to distribute to the soldiers at the checkpoint or to the evacuees from the north in the nearby community...
That's the reality! These supermen and superwomen belong to a species of superheroes who, there is nothing to say apart from admiring them. Perhaps to add the words written by Naomi Shemer to the "Nahal outpost in Sinai" where she found "the beautiful, lost and forgotten Land of Israel" some fifty years ago:
"I saw so many beautiful things,
So many beautiful things for which
I wanted to hug everyone there.
To whisper to the discomfited faces
'Oh, may there be a guest hotel in the desert'".
The bad will pass
The good will prevail
With God's help.
Rabbi Haggai Lundin
Family and Society There Will Not Be A Civil War!
(Told to the students of the Hesder Yeshiva in Holon)
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Shoftim TESHUVA IN COURT OF LAW?
Parshat Shoftim-Chodesh Elul
Why does parshat Shoftim always come out during Elul? This innovative and central explanation is an eye-opener regarding many aspects of Judaism.
The Month of Elul TESHUVA IS THE ANSWER
The month of Elul serves as a vital time for self-reflection and personal accountability to prepare for true repentance.
P'ninat Mishpat P'ninat Mishpat: Realtor’s Fee on Large Commercial Building – part I
(based on ruling 85031 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
(based on ruling 85031 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
P'ninat Mishpat Complaints about Contractor’s Work – part II
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Chemdat Yamim Moreshet Shaul: The Goal of an Agricultural Yeshiva – part I
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 263 (address at the laying of the cornerstone of the Yeshiva Chakla’it in Kfar Haroeh)
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 263 (address at the laying of the cornerstone of the Yeshiva Chakla’it in Kfar Haroeh)
Chemdat Yamim The Goal of an Agricultural Yeshiva – part II
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 263 (address at the cornerstone laying for the Yeshiva Chakla’it in Kfar Haroeh – 1938)
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 263 (address at the cornerstone laying for the Yeshiva Chakla’it in Kfar Haroeh – 1938)
Re'e NEVER EXTREME EXCEPT ISRAEL
Parshat Re'eh
Judaism is against extremism, so how can we understand the seemingly extreme statements found in our sages in favor of living in the Land of Israel and against living in Chutz laAretz? The article deals with the seeming contradiction between the strength of Free-Will and the strength of being influenced by our surroundings.
Ekev DANCE FOR ISRAEL- FOR YOUR BENEFIT
Parshat Eikev
Description: The 7 Haftarot we read after Tisha B'Av ("Shiva D'Nichemta") surely get us excited that they're coming TRUE, and awaken us to yearn, dance & join the return to Zion! The short article also deals with the problems and solutions facing the American Jewish community as discussed at a recent panel, as well as the question why Jews come from America to Israel to help when we face problems, but Israelis don't come to aid Jews in America when they face anti-Semitism.
