Jerusalem Day

What is Yom Yerushalayim? (This coming Thursday night & Friday)

“Our eyes and hearts are always directed towards Jerusalem.”

Not only is the amidah directed toward Jerusalem, but the whole prayer service is too, even when we are not facing Jerusalem.

Something to Stand Up For

It is not a coincidence that Jerusalem Day falls on the eve of the Torah reading of Bemidbar.

Yom Yerushalayim: First Kingdom, Then Temple

Let us discuss, once again, the connection between the Torah aspects of Jewish life, and the national aspects thereof – expressed only in an independent Jewish state. This topic can be intriguingly analyzed in terms of the actions of the founders of the first Jewish commonwealth, Kings David and Shlomo, father and son.

Dreams Of The Kotel

I don’t know what the medical name for it IS, but as I stood at the Kotel, my heart began to beat rapidly & my mind went blank.

The Unification of Yerushalayim and the Desert

For over a half-century, around the time of Yom Yerushalayim and soon before Shavuot, we get to read Parashat Bamidbar. Let us take a look at the connection between Yerushalayim and the desert.

Continuation of the Victory of Moses and Joshua

What does Jerusalem Day have to do with the war against Amalek on the way to Eretz Yisrael? And how does that teach us that Hasem's hand is behind all that happens to us?

Remembering the 6 Day War- Yom Yerushalayim & Declaring New Holidays

It sounds complicated to declare new holidays, but it's actually not at all. Similarly to allow haircuts and music during the Omer also is simple. Just declaring Hallel with a bracha is more complicated, but an historic return to the forgotten background of the "6 Day War" helps clarify that, as well.