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Hadash

Be like Yosef, a great Torah teacher!

Weekly Sidra: Mikeitz (at the end) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 41:1-44:17 Haftorah: Zecharya / Zechariah 2:14-4:7 Yosef and Asenath had two sons, the first of whom Joseph called Manasseh, for God had made him forget all his toil and all his father's house, and the second of whom he called Ephraim, for God had made him fruitful in the land of his affliction. (Genesis 41:50–52.) No matter how great the person, no matter how important his task, it is the family that must come first. Yes, Yosef was, literally, saving the world; but his greatness lay in the fact that despite his busy schedule, he found time to properly raise his children. The most impressive achievement of Yosef was not that his economic policies averted a looming catastrophe via Ruach HaKodesh (Spirit of Holiness). It was that he was the father of Ephraim and Menashe, the first Israeli children born and successfully raised in a foreign environment, the first Israelis to have actual contact with their grandfather and the only grandchildren of Yaakov who merited inclusion as members of the twelve tribes. It is no wonder that Jewish parents have, for thousands of years, been blessing their children, praying that they be like Ephraim and Menashe. To our world of fast food, microwaves, fast computers and the pursuit of relaxation and pleasure, this phrase of the Shema (Deut 6.5 Hear O...

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Islam, Israel, Mashiach

How Strong Is the Arab Claim to Palestine?

How Strong Is the Arab Claim to Palestine?

The Land of Israel is the only place on earth which God says He owns in terms of property ownership that can be transferred. (Of course, we know the whole world is His, yet this one parcel of land on the earth has a unique relationship to Him.) About Israel, He says, "The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine: fo ...

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Israel, Jewish Roots, News, Video of the Week, Zionism

Jerusalem – Israel’s eternal capital (Videos)

Jerusalem - Israel's eternal capital (Videos)

Yom Yerushalayim / Jerusalem Day – the Israeli government proclaimed the holiday of “Jerusalem Day” for the 28th of Iyar, corresponding to the date that the Israeli military liberated those parts of Jerusalem which had previously been in Arab possession. In 1967 – 19 years after the establishment of the State in 1948 - The ...

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Israel, Torah, Yom HaAtzmaut, Zionism

Yom HaAtzmaut – יום העצמאות

Yom HaAtzmaut - יום העצמאות

On May 14, 1948 (5th Iyar), the modern State of Israel declared independence, this year it turned out to be on Mon, 9 May 2011 (6th of Iyyar, 5771). For the first time in almost 1,900 years, the Jewish people had a free and independent homeland in the biblically Promised Land. Every day since that declaration of independence, Israel had been force ...

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Jewish Roots, Torah, Tu B'Shevat, Zionism

Tu B’Shevat – New Year of the Trees

Tu B’Shevat - New Year of the Trees

Judaism has several different "new years." This is not as strange a concept as it sounds at first blush; in the western world, we have the calendar year (January-December), the school year (September-June), and many businesses have fiscal years. It's basically the same idea with the various Jewish new years. On this day, it is customary to eat fro ...

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Islam, Israel, Jewish Studies, Zionism

Japanese View of the Palestinians

Japanese View of the Palestinians

The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel. For our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of Pale ...

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Parasha Lech Lecha, Torah, Torah Video

The Importance of Making Aliyah

The Importance of Making Aliyah

Bereshit 12:1 HaShem  said to Abram, Go forth from your native land and from your father's house to the land that I will show you. In this week’s reading HaShem tells Avram to leave his homeland and to go to another place that HaShem will show him. This reminds me of the calling for all Jews to make Aliyah.  Aliyah means "asce ...

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