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Parsha Pearls
Divrei Torah on the weekly parsha are now available for download in large pdf files. The first contains the 5766 year (our first year of Parsha Pearls, which was later published as “In the Footsteps of the Flock”). The second contains the Parsha Pearls published weekly in all years after 5766. Parsha Pearls 5766 Parsha…
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הרב ברוך קאפלאן ז”ל
דברי הרה”ג ר’ ברוך קאפלאן זצ”ל מנהל בבית יעקב לבנות, באמעריקע – א’ מגדולי בעלי המוסר )א ווארט ביי ווארט איבערזעצונג פון א טעיפ , ווי ער דערציילט באריכות די גאנצע געשיכטע ווי ער איז געווען איינער פון די איבערלעבער פון דעם באוואוסן פאגראם אין חברון אין יאר תרפ”ט( די צייט וואס איך בין געווען…
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Statement on the Temple Mount
Заявление на Храмовой гореВ свете нарастающей напряжённости вокруг вопроса о Храмовой Горе и непрекращающихся терактов, организация “Истинные евреи Торы” инициировало начало разъяснительной кампании в палестинских средствах массовой информации, целью которой является освещение разницы между сионизмом и иудаизмом и призыв к мирному сотрудничеству между арабами и евреями.24-го ноября 2015-го года эта организация опубликовала следующее сообщение в…
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95% of Jews are not Zionists.
Our stance against Zionism is constantly rendered ‘invalid’ by Zionists with the cynical rebuttal that “95% of Jews are Zionist anyways.” Our movement is dubbed as a ‘fringe, lunatic group’ who side with ‘Jew-haters.’ (GD forbid) Friends, let’s take a minute to break down this obvious disingenuous assertion.
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What Are We Mourning?
Tonight, Jews of all stripes will observe TIsha B’av, the saddest day in the Jewish calendar, a day of fasting and mourning over the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. What are they mourning? G-d decreed that the Jewish people should be in exile. We say in our prayers, “Because of our sins we were…
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Facebook Compromises the Jewish Identity
In an unprecedented step, the Tech Giant Facebook, also known as Meta, has decided to censor the word “Zionist” on their Social Media Network when used as a ‘hate proxy’ for the Jewish people. In their updated policy statement, Meta wrote, “We consulted with external experts to understand better how people use the word “Zionist”…
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Tens of Thousands Gather in Jerusalem to Protest Against Draft
Tens of thousands of Jews squeezed into Zupnik Square in Jerusalem, and the surrounding streets, for a protest called by the Eidah Charedis against the Israeli government’s draft law. Most Orthodox Jews refrain from enlisting in the IDF due to their opposition to the existence of the state and its wars. Moreover, these Jews are…
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Shavous – The Making of a Nation
“The Jewish People is a nation and became a nation only through and for the Torah; it possessed land and statehood only as instruments for translating the Torah into living reality: This is why Israel was a people even before it possessed land and statehood; this too is why Israel survived as a people even after its…
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Jerusalem Day – Profaning the Holy
Jerusalem, the Eternal City, one which fires the imagination of billions across the globe. A place where celestial meets terrestrial. A heavenly city. It was precisely that supernal quality that so irked early Zionist ideologues, themselves firmly planted in the muddy soils of 19th Century European nationalisms. The fact that the city seemed to move…
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“Ultra Orthodox,” A Verbal Scapegoat
The term “ultra-Orthodox” is, by design, a weapon of invalidation. The “ultra-Orthodox” refer to themselves as “Haredim” literally “those who tremble (before G-d)”. It’s meant as a goal to which one should aspire to. “Ultra-Orthodox” was a term invented, post-State of “Israel”, to clearly designate Haredim in the fledgling nation. They were “too much”, “ultra”…