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Galut and Geula, Part 4
Galut and Geula, Part 4 Are You Yearning for Salvation? In our last few essays concerning the difference between Galut and Geula, we learned that when Am Yisrael is exiled, its national, Clalli soul is drawn up to Heaven by G-d, so that it won’t become polluted by the...
Pre-Aliyah Check List for New Olim
This is from my Neighbor Bobby WeinmannThe following is based on my own experience. I am not a lawyer, nor an accountant, etc. But I've had a successful aliyah for 2.5 years now and these are things I did, and am glad I did, put together as a checklist.**Pre-Aliyah...
Why the Jews of the Diaspora Differ from the Spies
Why the Jews of the Diaspora Differ from the Spies The sin of the Spies in the wilderness is arguably the greatest transgression in Jewish history. It resulted in the destruction of the entire generation that left Egypt. Because of the refusal of the Spies to journey...
You Can Be a Giant Too!
You Too Can Be a Giant! Certainly the book, “Orot,” written by HaRav Avraham Yitzhak HaKohen Kook, is a classic for the generation of the Redemption. His vision of the rebirth of the Nation of Israel was light years ahead of everyone else, and his teachings light up...
I Was Wrong!
“I Was Wrong!” Although Israel Book Week has been officially cancelled due the Coronavirus, we will hold a book fair of our own this week, by taking a glimpse at a few masterpieces of Jewish Faith. Since this week’s Torah reading describes the sin of the Spies in the...
Galut and Geula, Part 3
Galut and Geula, Part 3 Why Mourn about Exile? The Maharal of Prague is universally recognized as one of our greatest Sages. In his famous book, “Netzach Yisrael,” he explains that Jewish life outside of the Land of Israel is a temporary and unnatural situation of...
Why Must We Always Suffer?
Adapted from The book "Eretz Yisorel and the Parsha, by Rabbi Moshe Lichtman, Devora Publishing, 2006 Maharal notes a Gemara in Berakhot that says that three gifts from God are acquired only with yisurim, (suffering): Torah, Israel, and the World to Come. What...
Galut and Geula, Part Two
Galut and Geula, Part 2 Scattered Limbs without a Soul In our previous article, we began to explain the need for a deeper comprehension of Emunah (Faith) and Torah, in order to understand the rebirth of the Nation of Israel in our time. This deeper learning has the...
Galut and Geula – Part 1
Galut and Geula, (Part 1 of an Eight Part Series) The Exile is the Valley of Dry Bones In order to understand the centrality of the Land of Israel to a full Jewish life, it is necessary to recognize the very real differences between life in Israel and life in the...
From Aliya Skeptic to Aliya Bully
When my husband brought the up the idea that we should make aliya in late 2000, I laughed it off as a ridiculous idea. We had 3 little kids in great Baltimore Jewish schools, I had the job of my dreams, and we loved the kehilla we belonged to, (Rabbi Menachem...
Judaism isn’t Torah
Get ready to hear the Torah explained by the greatest Torah teacher of them all – Moshe Rabeinu. As we approach the tragic tale of the Spies in the Wilderness, coming soon in the Torah portion of “Shelach,” it is a fitting time to take a new/old look at the Torah and...
The Predicted Demise of Daas Torah
Is the erosion of faith in spiritual leaders, part and parcel of the redemptive process?
3 Safe Rooms, 3 No-Fly Zones?
Sources from Chazal on a Pandemic as a stage in the Geula, why you should be in Israel now and what we can learn from this.
Do you mean what you say?
As we enter Chag Shavuot celebrating GD's gift to us of the Torah, in which Klal Yisroel and Eretz Yisroel are the main themes.Where GD has clearly said that His desire is for Klal Yisroel to live in the Land that He has given to Klal Yisroel as a Heritage forever.We...
The Aliyah Mindset
Aliyah requires a total paradigm shift. There are 6.7 million Jews living here, including a few hundred thousand olim from the US. It absolutely is possible to make it in Israel, if you adjust your expectations and don’t try to recreate your American life here.
