Thursday, May 30, 2019

Parshat Bamidbar: A Census by Names?!

By Baruch Gordon


Redemption by Miracle Or Through Nature? Part 1


By Rav Moshe Kaplan, originally published on Machon Meir's website

Yom Yerushalayim: A Celebration of Emuna by Yehuda HaKohen

Originally published on VisionMag.org.



While the return of the Jewish people to the city that had been the central focus of our dreams for thousands of years would be sufficient to warrant establishing a new festival, Yom Yerushalayim actually commemorates so much more.

To recognize the true significance of Yom Yerushalayim – the day on which the Jewish people liberated Jerusalem from foreign rule – one must work to develop a deep vision of Emuna.

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Q&A: Does milhemet mitzvah [Biblically-mandated war) apply today?]


Q. Given the ongoing hostilities and lack of peace between Israel and some of its neighbors, are we in a situation that can Halakhically be termed milhemet mitzvah, a Biblically-mandated war?

[by HaRav Azariah Ariel, https://www.yeshiva.org.il/ask/]