articles on Holocaust Memorial Day
Holy In Death, Holy In Life
"You shall be kadosh-holy, for I, Hashem, am holy."
The Key To Kedusha
Kedoshim. It’s not an easy word to translate.
Maybe Things Will Change Again
The wise should listen to the advice of the Talmud and remember that the past may occur again and to be prepared.
Israel - the Moral Answer to the Holocaust
The State of Israel, is clearly the national answer to the Holocaust, but Rav Kook sees it also as the moral answer, to bring morality to the masses and the nations.
Lessons on Holocaust Memorial Day
BETWEEN YOM HASHOA & YOM HAZIKARON
The two "heaviest" days of the year in Israel are "Yom HaShoah" and "Yom HaZikaron". There's a special feeling when not only does your school commemorate them, but an entire country stops in solidarity, standing at attention for the siren. Nevertheless there are several significant differences symbolized by the week differentiating between the two.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Nisan 5785
From Destruction to Revival
Translated by Hillel Fendel
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.
Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | Nisaan 27 5781
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.
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Nissan 25 5781
Jewish revenge
We cannot kill all of our enemies nor punish all of those who rise against us. But in our existence and continued intellectual, physical and spiritual development do we refute all of their hateful, false accusations and nefarious plans.
Rabbi Berel Wein
Ideology Loses
Rabbi Berel Wein | 5771
Holocaust and Heroism Memorial Day
Israel's Holocaust and Heroism Memorial Day on 27 Nisan ought to be dedicated to the promotion of the "Jewish family." Certainly the last request of the six million Holocaust martyrs must have been that the Jewish people should persevere and thrive.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Remembering
Parashat Shemini
Parashat Shemini
Rabbi Simcha shtetner | 5766
