Culture

Ayekah by Yonah ben-Avraham - grassy hillside with a tree

Ayekah

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I keep asking myself a question or something like myself a question the being that exists in the tension between what I feel should…

Parhsat Bo - Matzot

Parshat Bo

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The more we define ourselves as the actors rather than as the characters we play, the more our characters can actually succeed at fulfilling their unique roles in the story HaShem placed us in.

Dr. Israel Eldad

Eldad

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There are few who live Nevua who blaze forward, their moonlit steps knitting and re-knitting the stars in their orbits who tread through darkness…

Fault-Line by Yonah ben-Avraham - thistles and the wall

Fault-Line

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Large, coarse hands, with nails near-black palms etched with the moving of stones and the building of houses strength melds into gentle attention at…

Parshat Vaeira - plagues on Egypt

Parshat Va’eira

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It is through the story of Israel, as it unfolds throughout time, that humanity sees history as possessing Divine meaning and purpose.

Parshat Shemot - Hebrew slaves in Egypt

Parshat Sh’mot

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When slavery runs deep into the psychology of a person, it becomes difficult to express the crucial courage and self-sacrifice necessary to break the chains of mental bondage.

Solstice - An old oak tree silhouetted against the sunset, Quintrell Downs, Cornwall.

Solstice

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The sunset is sheer a gentle nectarine blur across a fading opaque blue catching every wonder chased away by the constant drumming of blood…

Israeli stamps of the Hebrew tribes, Parshat Vayeḥi

Parshat Vayeḥi

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Only as a “kingdom of priests and holy nation” that reveals HaShem’s Oneness over all spheres of life can Israel fully express His Ideal and lead mankind to experience a world of total blessing.

Amiad Ish-Ran

For Amiad Ish-Ran

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Written by Shevi Brenner (cousin to Shira Ish-Ran) ,הוא חיכה לשירה .המתין כדי שתוכל לפגוש אותו .שתראה את גופו הזעיר ורוד וחם ,את חזהו…

Parshat Vayigash - "I'm Making Aliyah" button on a backpack

Parshat Vayigash

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Nearly every foreign land that Jews have settled in throughout history was initially a safe refuge or land of opportunity. And in almost every instance, our false sense of security was shattered.