I just love this country, and specifically this city of Jerusalem. I was walking down Ben Yehuda street, the main pedestrian mall, and had quite a conversation with a guy who wants to start a new religion based on the "Gospel According to Judas." Having once upon a time proposed inventing a new religion...
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Every Shabbat during the Torah service when we bring the Torah out of the ark we sing "Ki Mitzion Tatzei Torah," for Torah shall go forth from Zion, which is quote from Isaiah 2:3. So I couldn't help but think of that phrase as I was carrying a Torah with me TO Jerusalem. A...
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Jerusalem geography makes an interesting metaphor for life in the Middle East. The photo at the left is a picture of Gehinnom, the Valley of Hinnom, a.k.a. "Hell." The Jewish term for Hell comes from this valley in Jerusalem where the Bible tells us that the Canaanites offered their children up to Molech. "And...
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I’ve been in Israel for less than 24 hours…yet it already feels like I was hardly gone at all, even though it’s been a year. Arriving at Ben-Gurion’s relatively new terminal, I was struck again, as I was last year, with a little bit of nostalgia for the old terminal. In the old days,...
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Our ancestors were a bunch of whiners. God did all these amazing things for them – bringing them out slavery in Egypt, feeding them with manna that fell from the sky. God gave them His most precious gift, the Torah. God was with them all the way. And what do they do? They kvetch. ...
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Technorati Tag: aliyah After hearing or reading my talk on how aliyah is a mitzvah (click here to read), I heard from several people with questions...like: so if it's not because it's a mitzvah, why ARE you making aliyah? Aren't you worried about the situation there? Where are you going to live and what...
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