Yom HaAtzmaut 53 articles

The State of Israel, and Yom Ha’atzmaut, may need a lot of rethinking, and their relationship to Covid-19 demands careful reflection.  I’m writing these words with love, and I pray that...

L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Iyar 5780 Women’s Learning Seminar Sponsored in loving memory of Mrs. Linda Pruwer-Brachfeld a”h, מרת חיה סאשא בת ר’ יוסף הלל.

L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Iyar 5780 Women’s Learning Seminar Sponsored in loving memory of Mrs. Linda Pruwer-Brachfeld a”h, מרת חיה סאשא בת ר’ יוסף הלל.

L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Iyar 5780 Women’s Learning Seminar Sponsored in loving memory of Mrs. Linda Pruwer-Brachfeld a”h, מרת חיה סאשא בת ר’ יוסף הלל.

L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Iyar 5780 Women’s Learning Seminar Sponsored in loving memory of Mrs. Linda Pruwer-Brachfeld a”h, מרת חיה סאשא בת ר’ יוסף הלל.

The connection between the haftarah for Rosh Chodesh, Parshat Metzora, and the upcoming holiday of Yom Ha’atzmaut.

For the Sake of Jerusalem … These are remarkable days. These days between Pesach and Shavuot, these days between Yom Hazikaron and Yom Yerusholayim. What more appropriate time than with Parshat...

Why, in Shemoneh Esrei, does the bracha of Kibbutz Galuyot immediately follow Barech Aleinu? Because as the Gemara says, there is no surer sign that Moshiach is coming than the land...

The historical development of Yom Haatzmaut as a holiday among Torah-observant Jews. According to the Ramban. part of the commandment of יישוב ארץ ישראל, to settle the Land of Israel, is...

Is Yom Haatzmaut a Halachic holiday? Are we allowed to add holidays to the calendar? The Ramban writes that Yeravam commited a sin by adding a holiday to the Jewish Calendar....