Parshat Vayeshev Dec 19 2019 While events that happened yesteryear run parallel to history, the way we perceive them through the ages changes depending on our traditions and the way we apply them to our own identities. Which of the occurrences brought down in the chronicles of history truly happened? Was it what the broader…

Vayishlach – 2019 Our Rabbis teach us “Maaseh avot siman labanim” (What happened to our forefathers is a sign for every generation- even now). Segulat Yisrael began as a tiny kernel, passed from the first father to son to his son and his son. The tests and tribulations through good times and bad, the Torah…

Leah’s blog – Sukkot – 2019 Sometimes you need also an anchor when you build the sukkah. Its needs to be a secure station even though it is temporary, so that if any storm wind comes, it can stand up to it. Last night a friend of mine that lives on Itamar but further east…

Why are we commanded to review the Torah again and again – every year- all year round? What is Hashem trying to reiterate through the generations of time, in Providence so that each and every portion fits the mode of that week and that era for our specific time – all through time. There is…

It was in the Sistine Chapel that it really hit me- history is like a pendulum ride swaying between facts and the implication of events and in our case- how they affect us- even personally. On our tour we saw real remains of the glory of Rome, priceless works of art, Nero’s red marble bathtub.…

srael’s miraculous eternity has always bewildered historians, writers, and fair thinkers. We’ve been called a stiff necked people- – “עם קשיי עורף”Many see the finger of Hashem alive and kicking while others give cause and effect to the special character of the nation of Israel and in her keeping tradition, both practical and esoteric. On…

Parshat Shlach 2019 Engraved into the landscape of the hills of Israel’s heartland are the ancient faded stone walls made for terrace farming that was practiced here thousands of years ago. Wheat grew here first in the foothills and barley in bountiful amounts, row after row. I have a large flat stone with some fossilized…

Shavuot – 2019 The redemption is an ongoing process and a difficult one. It requires a high level of patience, kind of like waiting for bread to rise. Leaving the oven of Egypt is the first part of redemption but there is much to do until it ever reaches a complete state. You have to…

Yom Haatzmaut 2019 It’s a crazy thing but I keep a joke book in my bathroom. It’s been my friend and confidante’ for many years now. I even have new subscribers to it without going into detail, a new addition to our family through marriage that likes time out in there occasionally for a few…