by Rabbi Nechemya Taylor | May 25, 2017
Rav Nechemya Taylor Torani Advisor to Torah MiTzion Hallachik and Philosophical Insights in the Siddur: Source Sheets Yerusalayim In Our Prayers – audio...
by Moshe Tapnack | Jan 12, 2015
When we come to speak about Yerushalayim, we encounter a slight problem. Whenever we want to find out about a certain term, we look at the first place it appears in the Torah, and that is where we will be able to find the most accurate definition. But the surprising...
by Oded Mekler | Jan 12, 2015
“And HaShem spoke to Moshe, in Midbar Sinai in the Ohel Moed…” – The Rashbam comments that the beginning of Sefer BaMidbar, from the aspect of its location and timing, belongs to Har Sinai before the Jewish people embarked on their journey to the Land of Israel!...
by Rabbi Raphael Katz | Jan 12, 2015
The book of Vayikra concludes with a description of the the covenant between am Yisrael and Hashem The covenant involves the blessings that am Yisrael receive when they follow the paths of the Torah and the curses that befall them if they fail to go on those ways....
by Yehoshua Stokar | Jan 12, 2015
Before we celebrate Yom Yerushalaim this week, I think it is important to address the question at the head of this page. A simplistic answer could be something in the line of: “Of course it’s not mentioned – it was only founded as a Jewish city by King David,...
by Rabbi Yaakov Meir | Jun 3, 2005
During this season of the year we experience two “connecting” periods that each link two festivals – the period between Pesach and Shavuot, and the period between Yom Ha-Atzma’ut and Yom Yerushalayim (the day commemorating the liberation of Jerusalem during the...
by Rabbi Emanuel Cohn | Apr 24, 2004
Rabbi Emanuel Cohn Former Avrech in Montreal (2001-2003) Founder of “Torah MiCinema” – Teaching Film and Judaism The fact that both Yom Ha’atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim occur in the period between Pesach and Shavuoth, known as Sefirat HaOmer,...
