Archive for 'Rav Judah' Category

Come Close to the Wall

June 1967:Nasser, Egypt’s President, declared his intention to lead the Jihad to destroy Israel and push the Jews into the sea. Militarily, the IDF was outnumbered by a ratio of 20:1, proportionally even a larger enemy than we faced in days of the Hasmonean revolt and the battle of Chanuka. The Chevra Kadisha (burial society) [...]

Not By Chance

From Haaretz (!?) “It’s no coincidence that men with knitted skullcaps – two of them soldiers – were involved in killing the terrorists who carried out the last three terror attacks…”

Yom Yerushalayim- Come Join Us!!

You and your friends are cordially invited:Yom Yerushalayim Celebration @ Beit HaRav Kook (next to Ticho House) in Jerusalem! Join the Kumah chevrah, yeshiva students and new olim for a song-filled Tefillah Chagigit & Musical Hallel led by R’ Shlomo Katz this Monday at 8:30am. Divrei Torah, great music, & free breakfast too! Marking 41 [...]

Searching for Chometz

Some ideas on how to “enhance the search” (Audio) Chag Sameach!

THANK YOU

I returned home following Thursday night’s Selichot and Hespeidim at Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav completely exhausted. After days and days of Nichum Aveilim, crying, shock and hurt- who wasn’t completely drained? But along with all the confusion, pain, questions, sadness, anger and despair, I am filled with respect, pride, awe and hope. Over the past week, [...]

Dayeinu!

Why are so many Gush Katif refugees still living in squalor and uninhabitable karavillot?Why the passivity in the face of thousands of rockets falling in Sderot?Where are our MIA’s?Why is Yerushalayim- or any part of Eretz Yisrael- on the “chopping block”?Why are these guys still in power?

Tu B’Shvat in Beit Shemesh

Seder Tu B’ Shvat & “Peirot Tish” w/ Rav Simcha Hochbaum (of Chevron) & Judah Mischel; Live Music, Divrei Torah, The 7 Species and over 60 Fruits & Nuts from Eretz Yisrael@ Yeshivat Reishit, 21 Rechov Rashi, Beit Shemesh, 7:30pm (Men Only Please) ברוכים הבאים

The Jew & His Homeland

“For a Jew, the land of Israel is more than a place, it is a body for the soul of a people…a place to find where you began, where you belong and what you truly are; A Jew does not travel to Israel, s/he returns there…“ Check out the great new feature on Chabad.org

Modern Day Maccabees?

Erev Chanukah in Jpost: OC Chaplaincy Brig.-Gen. Rav Avichai Ronzki: “We are supposed to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. We are here to be a light unto the nations, in all ways – morally, socially, spiritually and value-wise; a nation that is engaged in all aspects of running a sovereign state [...]

Return Again

Yonatan Razel urges Australian Jews to Return Home!