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Haredim and Religious Zionists
The argument is an internal argument, within the family, like the arguments between Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Tarfon and between Rashi and Tosafot. There is an argument between the two camps, but we share the same goal.
Yes! This is the Day!
Whether one recites Hallel with a beracha or without, at night or just in the morning, or not even at all; says Tachanun or omits Tachanun; the greatest tragedy of all would be failing to see the Hand of Hashem in the establishment of the State of Israel.
Yom HaAtzmaut
We, who have been redeemed by God, can say with a full heart: “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His kindness endures forever!” This is the complete, deep, and full recognition that leads us forward with the strength of faith in our redemption, which continues and...
Last Stop, Jerusalem
May we all merit together, all the people of Israel, to return to our Land and to Jerusalem our capital, as we say at the conclusion of the night of the Seder: “Next year in rebuilt Jerusalem.”
Secret of the Sacrifices
The spirit of Israel gazes upon the inner dimensions of life and recognizes and fully knows that everything in the world must be drawn close to the ultimate Source, for the light of Hashem is the soul of existence, and all of the worlds are like one complete body which...
Tabernacle for the Nation
Just as the Holy One, blessed be He, chose the People of Israel to cause His Divine Presence to dwell within them, so too He chose the Land of Israel, Jerusalem, the Temple Mount, and the Holy Temple as the place for His Divine Presence to dwell and through which...
The Greatest Joy
Even while asleep, a Jew in the Land of Israel is keeping a mitzvah – the commandment which the Sages consider equal in weight to all the other commandments in the Torah. How many millions and millions of mitzvot a Jew in Israel performs in his or her lifetime just...
Yosef HaTzaddik
This same strategy is being used by the forces of evil today, via the immoral Greek/Western culture which has engulfed the world and entered into Jewish homes like a Trojan Horse everywhere, with the very same goal of defiling the Jewish People, and severing our holy connection to Hashem, may...
“Not by Might and Not by Power”
The meaning is not that wisdom, might, and wealth are negative in themselves, but that one should not glory in them alone. Rather, one should glory in them when they serve the knowledge of God; when wisdom, strength, and wealth are directed for the sake of Heaven.