Yom Yerushalaim Message The beauty of Jerusalem in the eyes of our Sages Dear Friends, Our sages teach in the Talmud: "Ten measures of beauty descended upon the world, nine to Jerusalem, and one upon all the rest."[1]. All who wander through the majesty of Jerusalem (especially after the reconstruction and preservation lavished [...]
Yom Ha'Atzma'ut: Israel's 70th Independence Day: Israel - The Miracle Dear Friends, This is a unique year for the Jewish people: the 70th Anniversary of the Creation of the State of Israel will begin this Wednesday evening, following the Hebrew date of the Declaration of Independence (Yiar 5, 5708). I had a wonderful story that I [...]
The Maccabees and the challenge of securing Jewish Continuity Dear friends, On this Festival of Chanukah we again celebrate the saga of our liberation by the Maccabees 2,175 years ago (years 168-165 BCE), which returned our Jewish People to national independence in the Land of Israel. It was a struggle based on the [...]
The Festival of Succot: Joy and Fragility Dear friends, Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, in which we remember the salvation of the Jewish People at the mercy of the elements in Sinai and our 40-year journey from Egypt to the Land of Israel, is also referred to as HeHag[1], TheFestival, to emphasize its especially joyful [...]
Dear Friends, The Founder of Hasidism, the Baal Shem Tov, sat down as he had so often, to respond to a letter of consultation, this one from the Rebbe of Pulno. Quietly, seriously, he set himself to the task of weighing every word so as to persuade the Rebbe of Pulno away from what the [...]
Shavuot and the chain of Jewish continuity Dear friends, Shavuot, for all its various themes and names[1], is mainly the Festival of our Receiving the Torah - the Book that made us the People we are. According to rabbinical description, on the 6th of Sivan more than 3300 years ago, the Kadosh Baruch Hu [...]
Yom Yerushalaim Message 50th Jerusalem Day Dear Friends, For those who live our daily lives in the great city restored to our People, the significance of this 50th Jerusalem Day since liberation and reunification is immense. Between 1948 and 1967, places holy to our faith were destroyed and desecrated, and no Jews [...]
33 Day of the Omer ל"ג בעומר - The various meanings of Fire Dearfriends, Human beings feel a certain fascination towards fire, and especially, bonfires. Many of us have experienced memorable moments around bonfires, sharing not only the heat and light, but also songs, histories, dialogues, friendship and love, significant because we [...]
YOM HASHOAH - HOLOCAUST DAY #paremos1minuto - "let's stand/stop for a minute" Dear friends, Yom HaShoah commemorates the worst crime in human history: the Genocide against the Jewish People, devised, planned and executed as state policy by Nazi Germany and its numerous henchmen. When 72 years have passed since the "Final Solution" [...]
ט"ו בשבט Tu[1]Bishvat- history and History Dear friends, Tu Bishvat - the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shvat - celebrates "the New Year of the Trees", is the renewal of the natural cycle in the Land of Israel, represented by the blossoming of the almonds. This is a time of great [...]