Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Jewish Press There is a custom on Yom Kippur to ask the Sefer Torah for mechilah for not giving it enough respect (by not learning enough etc.). In the spirit of this minhag, when we get a hakafah on Simchas Torah, we should reflect on how the Sefer Torah feels about us. As […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press On Simchas Torah, we enthusiastically dance with Sifrei Torah. But if the purpose of the Yom Tov is to rejoice with the Torah, why don’t we express that joy by studying Torah? Isn’t the main point of Torah to understand it? Why do we celebrate it by dancing with our feet, […]

Photo Credit: Twitter / @benshapiro Ben Shapiro at Maarat HaMachpela in Hebron. Oct. 16, 2019 Ben Shapiro is visiting Israel for Sukkot, and on Wednesday took a trip to Hebron with his family, which he describes on his DailyWire.com podcast, “The Ben Shapiro Show” as an eye opening experience. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: […]

Photo Credit: pixabay In this week’s show, your hosts discuss the Ancient Pilgrimage Festival of Sukkot and some of the weather-related incidents thus far during this season. In keeping with the subject of traveling to the land, they also discuss record-breaking tourism numbers for the month of September as well as celebrities who are slated […]

Photo Credit: pixabay Eating, touring, cooking, praying and eating some more, Andrea shares some of the lofty and not-so lofty aspects the holiday that, in fact, exemplifies the character of the Jewish people. Advertisement <!– Publisher #16: JewishPress.com Zone #113: Comment Banner / (02) / News Size #15: Banner 468×60 (Comments and Mobile) [468×60] –> […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press When I think of the most emotional moments on the Jewish calendar, several very poignant scenarios come readily to mind. Of course, the tear-filled annual hour-plus of Tefilas Ne’ilah is as strong a contender as any; likewise the awesome freshness and splendor of Leil haSeder (at least until the first wine […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Dear Mr. Brin, Fifty years ago this week, when I was a 21-year-old college senior, I was in the Soviet Union, sent by the government of Israel to smuggle in Jewish religious items and smuggle out names of Jews who wanted to escape the Soviet Union and could then be issued […]

For example, the material that forms the roof of a sukkah (“schach”) must fulfill two conditions in order to be kosher: 1) it must have originally grown from the ground and 2) it must be currently detached from the ground. Now, imagine that I have four walls forming an enclosed space in my backyard. All […]

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Photo Credit: Hannah Rubin We clustered in twos and threes beneath a leaden sky, light mist settling on the nearby tombstones. Before us loomed a newly-erected stone monolith, upon which was carved “al eileh ani bochiyah – over these do I weep.” That September afternoon, all in attendance witnessed a great cross-communal moment as we […]