Watch: Reform Jews Reveal True Purpose of Their Struggle Over the Kosel (Video)
Eretz Hakodesh, the chareidi faction in the World Zionist Congress, has revealed, in a stunning exposé, that in an informational video distributed by the Reform movement, its leaders fully admit that despite the struggle that they are waging to revise the layout of the Kosel Hamaarovi, the Kosel actually does not interest them at all, and they are merely using it […]
MK Gafni: If Netanyahu Leaves There Will Be New Govt. By Pesach
MK Moshe Gafni from the United Torah Judaism party believes that the political system would be substantially shaken up if Opposition Leader Benjamin Netanyahu signs a plea bargain. “If Netanyahu signs a plea deal and leaves for a period of several years, there will be no glue that will unite the coalition – and by […]
Orthodox Rabbis Condemn CAIR, Say Charges Of ‘Islamophobia’ Against Jewish Groups ‘Antisemitic'
The Coalition for Jewish Values says ‘Islamophobia’ is ‘fake news’ A coalition that represents more than 2,000 Orthodox Jewish rabbis on American public policy issues condemned a recent report from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) regarding “Islamophobia in the Mainstream,” calling the report “both pro-terror and antisemitic.” “In every case, CAIR is deliberately claiming […]
Parshas Beshalach – Az Yashir; Song Touches the Eternal
If words are the pen of the heart, then song is the pen of the soul Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi Az Yashir. In his article, “Words of Song”, on Chabad.org, Tzvi Freeman wrote, “You can’t think prayers without speaking them, or speak without thinking them. And they aren’t prayers until you sing them.” In […]
Are You Asking A Question Or Are You Asking An Answer?
Towards the end of this week’s parshah, we find the pasukim that are the referenced each year on Pesach at the Seder: Regarding the Chacham (Wise Son), whose question is respected, the Torah states, “and it will be when your son will ask you tomorrow, ‘What is this?’, you shall say to him…(Shemos 13:14)”. Regarding […]
It’s Always Darkest Just Before The Dawn; Rosh Chodesh And Parashat Bo
One might expect the observance of Rosh Chodesh, the New Month, to take place when the moon is full; when its luminance is most pronounced. But Rosh Chodesh is celebrated at the new moon, when the moon’s presence is essentially invisible in the dark, night sky. What is the lesson here? Rabbi Soloveitchik explains that […]
Picnic Pesach, Shehecheayanu on Shechita
In Shmos 12:46 the Torah tells us that the Pesach should be eaten in one house. Regarding Pesach we can kler two questions. The first question is; did the people shechting the korban Pesach on Erev Pesach make a shehecheyanu on the Pesach? The second question is may the Pesach be eaten in a courtyard, […]
