THE FINAL STAGE OF HISTORY Shirat Ha’azinu is basically a synopsis of Jewish history, starting with HaShem’s choice of Am Yisrael and culminating in the final redemption, for which we so sorely yearn. It therefore behooves us – the generation living so close to the...
Sedra Ha’azinu, in the main Moshe Rabbenu’s parting song to the people of Israel, and suffused with advice, admonition, prophecy, and blessing, concludes with an enigmatic phrase, “וְכִפֶּ֥ר אַדְמָת֖וֹ עַמּֽוֹ” (Devarim, 32:43). These three...
Our family trip to Israel this summer was nothing short of exhilarating! We spent three weeks in Israel and enjoyed visits to Jerusalem, Gush Etzion, Bet Shemesh, Tel Aviv, Netanya, Caesarea, Haifa, Tiberias and Ramat HaGolan. The trip was extraordinary but nothing...
THE INGATHERING OF THE EXILES The Lord your God will return (ve’shav) your captivity and have mercy on you, and He will return (ve’shav) and gather you from all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you. If your dispersed will be at the ends of the...
Following the six day war, there existed a widespread feeling in Israel that the nearly unthinkable victory was due to a miraculous intervention from God, and that it heralded the beginning of the ultimate geula. One staunch opponent of this view was the Satmar...
This past week, on the 23rd of Elul, we marked the 23rd yahrzeit of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Horowitz, the Potoker Rav. Born in the Ukraine, Rabbi Horowitz miraculously survived the Holocaust, hiding for 18 months in the forest and experiencing many near-death...
