3521 Lessons
Honor Your Parents – and Yourselves!
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | 19 Shvat 5786
Ten Commandment Comparison
Many have attempted to solve the question, what is THE difference which can find the common denominator between all 31 differences between the 2 versions of the Ten Commandment? This innovative article suggests that our sages already answered this with one sentence in a well-known Midrash, just most never noticed that seemingly innocent sentence. It deals with the basic difference between the masculine side of the Torah and the feminine.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shevat 5786
"FREEDOM CAME WITH A FLAG”- The First Flag of Israel
The Ramban explains that the exodus from Egypt was led by the first flag of Israel. This short article brings many unknown historic and halachic proofs of the importance of the Israeli flag.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shevat 5786
Tu B'Shvat and the Complaints Against the Manna
Rabbi Netanel Yossifun | 12 Shvat 5786
Parashat Hashavua: Rachel, Leah, and King David – What Happened? – part II
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Shevat 5786
Parashat Hashavua: Rachel, Leah, and King David – What Happened? – part III
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Shevat 5786
Free Will and Human Nature
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | 5 Shvat 5786
Parashat Hashavua: Rachel, Leah, and King David – What Happened?
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Shevat 5786
PROTEKTZIA OR A BANANA REPUBLIC
Even in "Fiddler on the Roof" they mention that we wear the right shoe before the left, but why? Rav Kook's novel explanation surprisingly relates also to the danger of the Radical Progressive movement which sometimes intentionally blurs even that which should be clear, and even summarizes the laws which "lefties" do different than "righties", and when they do the same. Rav Kook's innovative mixture of halacha, kabbala and philosophy is especially interesting on this topic. BTW, there's an interesting halacha innovated by Rav Kook here which many don't realize (or intentionally omit) that he is the source!
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shevat 5786
The Blood Libel and the Ten Plagues
Rabbi Netanel Yossifun | 27 Tevet 5786
DO WE DESERVE REDEMPTION? “Blood, Covenant, and Return”- Parshat VaEra
Are we today so much greater than say the Rambam's generation? Why is G-d returning us to Israel & doing so many salvations and victories over Hamas, Hizballah, Syria and Iran in recent years, even if we haven't done Teshuva & seemingly don't deserve it?
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 5786
Parashat Hashavua: A Rare Commodity – The Right Blend of Unity and Humility
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Tevet 5786
Parashat Hashavua: Leadership of Yosef – For How Long?
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Tevet 5786
Parashat Hashavua: More on Weddings and Mending Family Fractures
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Tevet 5786
MASHIACH ben YOSEF
the Leadership Duel between Yoseph and Yehuda- The Haftarah of VaYigash
Description: Our sages draw the confrontation between Yehuda and Yosef as the two types of leadership in Jewish history. Through this we can finally understand who exactly is that mysterious "Mashiach ben Yosef", and what Rav Kook (based on the Vilna Gaon) meant when he said that Dr. Herzl had a spark of that Mashiach.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 5786
The First Yeshiva in Egypt
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | 6 Tevet 5786
Parashat Hashavua: Neither Menashe Nor Yerachme’el
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Tevet 5786
The Lessons of Yosef in Egypt
Rabbi Moshe Tzuriel | 29 Kislev 5786