Leah’s Blog Shavuot 2019
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 Egy
Leah’s Blog Lag Baomer 2019
Lag Ba’Omer 2019 Almost forty years ago our dear friend Gilad Zar (hy”d) who was a land surveyor at the time, approached an Arab that lived close to the tomb of Itamar
Leah’s Blog May 10th 2019
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 t
Leah’s Blog – Holocaust Memorial Day 2019
Holocaust Memorial Day- This year’s siren caught me running with a dish of Cheerios towards our grandson. His innocent blue eyes twinkled up at me oblivious to what the siren
Leah’s Blog Parshat VaEra January 4 2019
One of the most striking attractions here in Israel is the reconstruction and rehabilitation of historic sites. Antiquated, some are barely noticed at first but textual sources giv
Leah’s Blog Dec 31 2018
Leah’s Blog Shemot – December 31 2018 The book of Genesis has been closed and a new book pretty much coincides with the secular New Year. As the light of the day become
Leah’s Blog Dec 14th 2018
Parshat Vayigash Examining history can be a seesaw ride between facts and meaning depending on not just your brain, but your heart and soul involvement in it. Seemingly, you can do
Leah’s Blog Nov 16th 2018
Thanksgiving – 2018 Leah’s Blog It’s not for nothing that Israel is called Israel. Even going way back to the beginning of how this nation was formed at its root
Leah’s Blog Chaye Sarah – Nov 2nd 2018
As I write these words, tens of thousands of Jews from around the world have gathered in Chevron to remember Sarah, our matriarch on her Parsha. There, in Chevron in the cav
