Rosh Hashanah; Silence and the Shofar
by Karen Wolfers Rapaport The shofar is our ancient meditation, encouraging us to withdraw from the noise of life and go in. We are...
ROSH HASHANA:The Holy King
based on the writings of Maran Harav Kook The days from Rosh Hashanah until Yom Kippur are called Aseret Y'mei Teshuvah, the Ten Days...
The Purpose of Creation
We read in the beginning of the Torah Portion of Ki Tavo the following; “And it will be, when you come into the land which Hashem, your...
Ki Tavo: Joy Amidst the Rebuke
They have taken their past and have retransformed it in light of their future sense of destiny. The beginning of the Torah Portion of...
Ki Tavo: How to Serve God in Joy
= (Based on the writings of Maran Harav Kook) “Because you failed to serve the Eternal your God with joy and contentment...” (Deut....
You Shall Rejoice
How can we not rejoice with all the gifts bestowed by Hashem to our people? According to the Forbes report, Israel is the second...
These are the Journeys
In the last portion of the book of Bamidbar (Numbers) we read of the 42 stations in the wandering of the people of Israel in the...
COLLIDING WORLDS
To understand the subtext of the upheaval that has gripped the world ,one needs to comprehend that we are not witnessing geopolitical...
Wholehearted Faith
\ In the world’s understanding the following declaration in the Torah portion of Shoftim is translated in a traditionally incorrect and...