Korach   2020 Every story of the Torah tells us something about then and how it applies now as we read it and review it again and again. This is called maaseh avot siman lebanim “מעשה אבות סימן  “לבנים. In no less than a prophecy about the weekly events, we say “Oh my Gosh”!, how is…

Behalotcha   2020 I have a kooky fantastic friend that started a T shirt business some years ago here in Israel. One of her first T- shirts was “Don’t assimilate- illuminate!” That was for Chanukah, but I have come to realize it’s for all year long and I have come to see her in a new…

Jerusalem Day – 2020 The bulk of you that have been reading my blog believe as I do that the Tanach is not just a history book. Even for me and the idealists that have come to live in Judea and Samaria, it’s refreshing to have a date that reminds us of the true perspective…

Lag Baomer 2020 We are in the Omer, it’s a time of counting. This year from March 11 2020 the official time the WHO announced a global pandemic of never before reaching proportions that have affected either directly or indirectly every single person reading this blog. This is a time that our health is not…

Memorial Day – Independence Day in the Heart and in our hearts – ONE HUNDRED YEARS TO SAN REMO Despite all that has been researched and revealed about the Land of Israel, there are still many stories still not told that shed light on important perspectives of history many of you were never told. The…

Yom HaShoah 2020 Today is Yom HaShoah- Holocaust Memorial Day. The morning siren just broke the already surreal sky in this time of corona here in Israel. In this corona apocalypse, our focus has been on the few survivors left to tell their story before all them pass into the realm of the past. Corona…

Tu Bshvat 2020 Back in the mid- eighties we barely had our feet on the ground here. A little dirt road led into Itamar and the winters were freezing cold. Heating the ten little prefabs were in itself a project; one generator was all we had for all the families that ventured out here beyond…

Leah’s Blog Jan 31 2020- The Tanakh has dedicated significant chapters that open to the idea of Kingship which often surprises us when we expect the ambience of royalty honor and agreement, the narrative however has us grappling with true stories of rejection and isolation. In fact, when we delve into the true stories of…