The Tefillot & Our Calendar
byThe daily Amida & the Hebrew calendar complement & reinforce one another – guiding the people of Israel on our historic journey.
Culture
The Third Redemption: a Call to Israel’s Collective Soul
byThe Torah is not merely a collection of personal obligations, but a Divine plan for building & organizing our society – a plan that can only be properly fulfilled in the land of Israel.
עול(ה) חי
byThe death you wished for in those glorious moments alone on the bike path cycling to work and the quiet sobs of a body…
Fire, Blessings & Destiny
by‘Blessings’ – as understood in ancient Hebrew teachings – reveal the secret of human potential.
We Must Fight this Holy War Alone
byHaShem fights this war through Israel’s military & infuses us with the strength to defeat His enemies.
The Noaḥide Presence at Sinai
byThe return of Israel to our land has transformed the receiving of the Torah from a mere national experience to one with universal ramifications.
Shmita, Sinai, & the Christian Censor
byThe rejection of Israel’s Oral Torah should be understood not as a peripheral feature of Christianity but rather as central to its theology.
Rethinking the Bar Kokhba Revolt
byOnly by appreciating how the scholars of successive generations secretly maintained the flame of revolt can we reunite the spirits of Rabbi Akiva & Bar Kokhba, in order to advance our liberation forward.
Abrahamic Education & the Passover Narrative
byThe secret of successful Jewish education is recognizing that each individual is a stone – a vital component in the enduring national structure.
The Freedom to Choose
byWe are not merely free to pursue pleasure & material comforts. We are free to pursue an ideal – to follow a prophetic moral compass through which the Divine plan for history is expressed.
Wicked – Is Elphaba a Jew?
byBoth the musical & the novel that inspired Wicked were influenced by a diverse range of societal issues. One can’t pin it all on one narrative but it certainly possesses many commonalities with Israel’s story.
The Loss of Kingship & Cessation of Prophecy on Purim
byHaRav Manitou illuminates the deeper meaning of specific halakhic concepts & historical figures by expanding them into general principles that explain the course of history on a broad universal plane.