Culture

Parshat Shlaḥ Lekha: Avraham Avinu's burial place

Parshat Shlaḥ Lekha

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The spies that led Israel to national catastrophe mistakenly thought that the value of preserving life overrides the commandment to free Eretz Yisrael.

Parshat Nasso

Parshat Nasso

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That HaShem forgoes His Honor for the sake of making peace between man and wife comes to teach us the importance of humbling our own egos for the sake of making our relationships work.

Wake Up (poem): view in Samaria

Wake Up

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I wake up To the rock covered hills To the olive trees and lined caravans To a sunrise in Samaria My empty sleep has…

My Tent (poem): view of in Tzfat

My Tent

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Sea splits inside me blinding waves crash up against the lining I seek a tent that no longer exists Replaced with pills and pain…

Israeli flags on Yom Yerushalayim

Yom Yerushalayim

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While the return of the Jewish people to the city that had been the central focus of our dreams for thousands of years would be sufficient to warrant establishing a new festival, Yom Yerushalayim actually commemorates so much more.