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Traditionally, the period following Yom Kippur until the end of Succot, is the happiest time of the year.

After weeks of reciting Selichot, and the intense prayers of the Rosh Hashanah and the Day of Atonement, we feel a sense of satisfaction…

I love fireworks! Since I was born on the Fourth of July, I thought that the pyrotechnic displays were in my honor. This past Fourth my wife, Rivka, and I were in Teaneck, NJ, USA. Since it was Shabbat, we went to a hilltop after dessert…

On the 15^th of Tishrei, we celebrate a two-fold holiday. The holiday of Sukkot celebrates the miracle of the exodus from Egypt while Chag HaAsif celebrates the end of the harvest season.

Rav Yoel Bin Nun points out that the first stop that…

The question addressed in this article explores the intersection of theology and mysticism in Judaism and Islam. All religions have mystical elements in every aspect of religious life, from the creation of man, and in some cases, up to the…

In Part I of this mini-series, we discussed the rhyming words chil, zachil, and dachil all of which refer to the state of being scared and the physical effects of such a feeling. In part 2, we encountered the words ra’adah, ziyah, and retet…

A program for the mutual de-radicalization of Israelis and Palestinians is urgently needed as we enter, hopefully, a post-war era.

Reconciliation processes are inherently fragile when large segments of society remain steeped in vengeance,…

Only in today’s insane geopolitics could America embrace Qatar—a terror sponsor, Iran’s lapdog, the Muslim Brotherhood’s banker—as if it were NATO. But that is exactly what Donald Trump just did.

Qatar did not win this status by…

It doesn’t seek land, peace, or prosperity

This is my opinion. I’m not trying to prove anything. I’m only telling you what I think as an Israeli Jew, intensely following the news for decades.

Chamas has now ‘agreed’ with Trump’s…

Trump’s peace proposal is illegal under Israeli law, something Netanyahu must know.

Paragraph 9 of Trump’s Peace Proposal  states in relevant part:
“9. Gaza will be governed under the temporary transitional governance of a technocratic,…

There are moments in life when you feel not only the sanctity of Shabbat but also the presence of eternity. On Shabbat Shuva 5786, I had such an experience in Tzfat, the mystical city where the mountains meet the heavens and the very air…