(Rina Castelnuovo for The New York Times. The Isaiah Scroll was one of seven ancient Hebrew texts discovered in 1947, and is the best preserved and most complete.)
“Its revival is often hailed as one of the greatest feats of the Zionist enterprise; today Hebrew is the first language of millions of Israelis, a loquacious and […]
The pasuk tells us that 3 Arei Miklat were set up in Eretz Canan and 3 on the other side of the Yarden in the land of Bnei Gad and Bnei Reuven. There were 9 Shvatim in Eretz Canan and only 2 1/2 on the other side of the Yarden, so why should the number […]
“Rabbi Yosef Dimechovsky, a Lubavitcher who works in the Machon Hamikdash took us for a tour in the narrow passages of the Jewish Quarter in the Old City and then we followed him to one of the roofs that looks out to the Western Wall and the Temple Mount. (skip) He points to the Temple […]
SPIEGEL: Mr. de Winter, your new book — “The Right of Return” — is a novel, but it actually describes a political vision. In the book, it is the year 2024, and Israel has shrunk to just a few square kilometers around Tel Aviv, which is surrounded by enemies. Are you simply playing with some […]
Idan of Arabia Ynet
“Al-Jazeera television network dedicates one hour of its broadcasting to interview with Israeli singer Idan Raichel”
“Israeli musician Idan Raichel was recently interviewed on Al-Jazeera, a news network that Israel has boycotted for what it called incitement to terror. The interview took place on a program the Qatari-based network’s English language channel devoted […]
JERUSALEM — A Palestinian Arab rammed a construction truck into three cars and a bus near the Jerusalem hotel where Senator Obama is supposed to stay today, injuring four people before an Israeli civilian shot and killed the attacker, police and witnesses said. NYsun
3. “TEMPLE CONSTRUCTION” [From Sound the Great Shofar, p. 47-48.]
During the Three Weeks, it is a custom to study the laws of the Beit HaMikdash [Holy Temple]. Our Sages [Tanchuma, Tzav #14, on Ez.43:10] relate that G-d commanded the prophet Yechezkel to teach the Jewish people about the structure of the Beit HaMikdash while they […]
“One of the party’s considerations when making the decision, Yishai told the families, is the halachic definition of Karnit Goldwasser, Ehud’s wife, as an agunah. Karnit Goldwasser was not present at the meeting, but her husband’s parents reportedly asked Yishai to do all he can to make sure Shas supports the deal. Should it be […]
“A first-of-its-kind agreement between Belz Hasidic Court and the internet provider Rimon may soon enable Blez followers to subscribe to the “kosher” internet. Though “kosher” internet has been available for quite some time, the Belz version is expected to be different, as Rimon has pledged to put to use one of its newest technological developments […]
“Rabbi Goren, who had just recently been elected Chief Rabbi, was personally called in for a private meeting by Prime Minister Golda Meir and ordered to come up with the politically correct psak. In an unprecedented procedure, which involved breaking all the procedural regulations of the rabbinate itself, Goren invalidated the Supreme Rabbinical Court’s […]
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