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Darkness and the Moment of Truth
Chazal famously teach that 80 percent of the Jews in Egypt died during the plague of darkness. These Jews did not want to leave Egypt – they considered it home in spite of everything – and they left Hashem no choice but to exterminate them. They died during the plague...
The Best Galus Ever
I like to keep things simple. The arguments in favor of residing in galus over Israel inevitably boil down to two tracks: 1) Life in galus is better. 2) Life in Israel is worse. The rest is commentary. People will only move to Israel, or choose to stay there, if they...
Rabbi Meir Kahane – The Mitzvah to Live in Israel
The Mitzvah to Live in Eretz Yisrael, Part One From the Writings of Rabbi Meir Kahane With the danger of the Coronavirus still spreading throughout the world, the violent riots in America, and the increasing, global anti-Semitism, many Jews are considering making...
Don’t Be Surprised When The Pogroms Begin
There are three ways the escalating tensions between New York’s Jews and the authorities can play out.
Go, and Know by Yael Leibowitz
Go, and know…When the world has grown small, and yet family feels farther away than ever, here's a moment to pause, with a sense of pride, and an awareness of destiny (Lech Lecha)GoFrom your native landFrom your father’s homeTo the Land that I will show youGoFrom your...
Lech Lecha – Get Thee Forth to America!
LECH LECHA – GET THEE FORTH TO AMERICA! Isn’t it interesting that the very first words that G-d says to Avraham, the father of the Jewish People, is to go to the Land of Israel? What are we supposed to learn from this? Can there be any question at all? One plus one is...
Just a thought
The excuse of many Orthodox Jews in America for not making aliya is that the Israeli government doesn't have enough respect for their religious neds. They don't want to move to Israel and work to improve the situation. Instead, their religious rights are under siege...
A Desperate Warning to American Jews
Just imagine what would happen if a black child ran in front of a Jewish car and was struck entirely by accident. Do I need to spell it out?
And It Will Be When You Come To the Land
Adapted from teachings of Rabbis Avraham Greenbaum, Pinchas Winston , and Moshe Lichtman Photo credit: Ben GoldsteinThe commandments contained in Ki Tavo are almost the last commandments in the Torah. They relate to the longed for, glorious completion of the journey...
Leaving the Land of Israel
Leaving the Land of Israel One way of understanding the vital importance of Eretz Yisrael to Jewish life is through the prohibition to leave it. When a Jew leaves the Land of Israel, it is as if he or she is turning their backs on the Shechinah and the Holy One...
The Great Call
The Great Call “To the Land of Israel, Gentlemen, To the Land of Israel! Let us utter this appeal in one voice, in a great and never-ending cry!” This isn’t me. It’s Rabbi Kook. He wrote this open letter, which he named, “The Great Call,” to world Jewry in 1907 when...
The Cherished Land, by Rabbi Shmuel Eliahu, Chief Rabbi of Tzfat
The Cherished Land In his weekly, televised class on the Parsha, HaRav Shmuel Eliahu, Chief Rabbi of Tzfat, emphasized the importance of declaring the praises of Eretz Yisrael in rectifying the sin of the Spies who spoke disparagingly about the Cherished Land, a...
Medinat Yisrael is a Torah Commandment
Medinat Yisrael is a Torah Commandment! The Torah states again and again and again that G-d wants the Jews to live in Israel. So how can it be that some confused Jews think the very opposite, believing they are following the Torah by living in gentile lands, and that...
Mashiach Now!
Mashiach Now! Only an infant expects his desires to be gratified immediately. He wants his bottle now! He wants his rattle now! If he doesn’t get it, he screams, he hollers, he cries. Sometimes, when a child gets to be an adult, he still wants everything handed to him...
Chocolate Chip Cookies and the Land of Israel
Believe it or not, chocolate chip cookies were one of the things that made me realize that a Jew’s true place is in Israel. When I started to learn about Judaism in Hollywood, someone told me that a Jew has to say a blessing before and after eating, in order to thank...
