The Deep Torah Secrets Unearthed by Israel’s Return to Jerusalem
On the 28th of Iyar, 5727 (1967), something much deeper than a simple military victory occurred.
Rav Yehuda HaKohen is a West Bank Jewish organizer & educator. As a leader in the Vision movement, he works to empower students to become thought leaders & active participants in the current chapter of Jewish history. As part of Semitic Action, he organizes grassroots dialogue sessions for Palestinians & Israelis seeking to transcend competing one-sided narratives in favor of a more scientific analysis of what forces us into conflict.
On the 28th of Iyar, 5727 (1967), something much deeper than a simple military victory occurred.
President Trump has torn the liberal mask off of US imperialism, making the abusive nature of the US-Israel relationship more transparent than ever.
What does the deeper meaning of Lag Ba’Omer reveal about the Torah’s message for Israel today?
On Israel’s Independence Day, we don’t celebrate a victory over the Arabs but rather the culmination of a successful war for liberation against British rule.
Yom HaZikaron celebrates the fact that the Creator infused Israel with a renewed spirit of valor that had been missing from our people for centuries.
If our people have always avoided days of mourning in the month of Nisan, the month of our liberation, how could it be that Yom HaShoah occurs in Nisan?
Even when we find ourselves in seemingly hopeless situations, that prophetic spark from the 21st of Nisan (7th of Pesaḥ) continues to exist within us.
The rituals & laws associated with the seder night serve to both access the Divine light of freedom & pass Israel’s collective story to the next generation.
The hangman – who had been so overwhelmed by the composure of the two Eliyahus – later remarked that after twenty years as an executioner, this was the first time that he had felt like a murderer.
In the last decade, a significant number of pro-Israel figures & organizations have begun to use a political language they don’t understand.
For nearly a thousand years, the 13th of Adar was known on our calendar as Yom Nikanor, commemorating a major Maccabean victory.
Is Prime Minister Netanyahu quietly trying to free Israel from the United States? Or is he simply trying to cling to power for his own personal interests?