Beit Midrash

Three Introductions for Pesach

Parashat Eikev After the War of Independence

Why Do Children Start With Vayikra?

Return, Except for You?

from Aroch Siach, Yamim Nora’im p. 134-5

from Aroch Siach, Yamim Nora’im p. 134-5

“Economic Difficulty”- the Most Common Excuse for Not Making Aliya

Part II

In the previous part, we asked how much does one need to lower their standard of living in order to make Aliya. We saw that one should spend up to a fith of his money on Mitzvot and asked if lowering of standard of life is considered a loss of a fifth?

Eretz Yisrael and the Torah Are One and the Same

We must fight for the entirety of the Land and the entirety of Torah as one, for they are one and the same. The abandonment of the Land weakens Torah observance and the abandonment of Torah weakens our hold on the Land.

Moses & Eretz Yisrael

Parashat Shmot

Parashat Shmot

The Land of Israel is Miraculous, Just Open Your Eyes

A Moment of Wisdom

A Moment of Wisdom

Prophecies and not Ahed of Their Time

Ein Aya Shabat Chapter A Paragraph 67

Rav Kook's novel approach to answering difficulties and apparent contradictions in Tanach, and geniuses who were "before their time".

"...But He Could Not Become Warm."

Haftara of Chayei Sara

We find that it was precisely the attempt to cause David to sin which had a part in causing him to become reawakened and rejuvenated; in David's choosing Shelomo to succeed him as king there is a dimension of rectification of his transgression.

Are You a Ruth, or a Rebel

Between Prophet and Newspaper Reporter

Manasseh is not explicitly mentioned in the book of Isaiah. It would appear, however, that chapters forty to sixty-six of Isaiah represent the period of his reign. We shall try to understand why most of the comfort prophecies are in these chapters.