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Shabbat Shalom Parsha Articles ![]() The Head of the Yeshiva Joins a Demonstration Rabbi Yikhat Rozen, Merkaz Neria, Kiryat Malachi A Lesson For the Children - Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Neria was the Rosh Yeshiva of Kefar Haroeh and the head of all the Bnei Akiva Yeshivot. His practice was to allow the students to go wild in a controlled way during the month of Adar, but to channel the energy to a good purpose. He made sure that the students did not exaggerate, and he was of course careful that nobody would be hurt in any way. When I was in the twelfth grade... ![]() Establishing the Sanhedrin in Tzefat Zev Wallack Land of My Birth - The sixteenth century was the golden era of Tzefat. At the time, this city in the Gallil was the home of the majority and the most prominent of the Jews living in Eretz Yisrael. About 1,000 Jewish families lived there, including the greatest rabbis of the time. The most prominent one was Rabbi Yaacov Beirav... ![]() Parashat Te’tzaveh & Purim: Among the Nations Rabbi Nachman Kahana A root question exists regarding the status of the Kohen Gadol: Is the Kohen Gadol first among equals, as in the case of a president of a democracy, or the initial repository of all kohanic sanctity, which then flows from him to the other kohanim? ![]() Is Everything Lost? Rabbi Amichai Gordin, Yeshivat Har Etzion and Shaalvim High Holy and Secular"She is insane, simply insane," one of the young maidservants said. "She has simply gone mad. You know very well that I would have no problem fasting for three days for her, if it would be any help at all... ![]() The Pig’s End Rabbi Yikhat Rozen, Merkaz Neria, Kiryat Malachi A Lesson For the Children - Gustov owned a large farm. The yard near his house was full of chickens and ducks, and in huts at the end of the yard he kept the cattle. In the first stall he kept a horse, next to him was a donkey, and in the last stall was a pig... ![]() Three Telegrams Rabbi Yikhat Rozen, Merkaz Neria, Kiryat Malachi A Lesson For the Children - Shabbat had arrived in the city of Frankfurt. This was the year 5634 (1874). The palace of the well known wealthy man, Baron Rothschild, was filled with joy and excitement... ![]() The Defense of Tirat Tzvi Zev Wallack Land of My Birth - On this very date, the sixth of Adar (Adar I in that year), the great battle was held over the isolated kibbutz, Tirat Tzvi, in the Beit She'an Valley. This was ten years after the first attack... ![]() Parashat Teruma: A Bodily Temple Rabbi Nachman Kahana Ezra and his colleagues fasted for three days and nights, after which they saw the fiery form of a lion cub exiting from the Kodesh Kedoshim (the Holy of Holies). It was the corporal form of human compulsion for avoda zara, which from that time on, although present, is very much weakened... |
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