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Standing at Har Herzl on a cool Jerusalem evening last night, I witnessed something that defies explanation—a people simultaneously shattered and unbreakable. How does the Jewish nation keep going? I stood at the funeral of Captain Daniel Perez, joined by thousands who gathered at Mount Herzl. But this wasn't just any funeral—this was the second […]
Rabbi Benjamin Blech
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My father taught me a fascinating financial concept that has special relevance as we come to the close of a hectic holiday period. I thought of it the other day when someone offhandedly said to me, “Well now that Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and Sukkot are finally over, it looks like we're done with the […]
Excerpted from One Day in October: Forty Heroes, Forty Stories. Emerging from the pain and sorrow inflicted on October 7, 2023, these first-person accounts offer consolation and hope. Yahav and I met in acting school, and from the day we met until our final moment together, we never stopped arguing about who fell in love […]
Although Shemini Atzeret concludes the holiday of Sukkot, it is, in fact, considered an independent holiday. During Sukkot, sacrifices are brought in the merit of the nations of the world, but on Shemini Atzeret, the sacrifices are exclusively on behalf of the Jewish people. The midrash compares Shemini Atzeret to a King who hosts all of […]
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Exploring the inner depth of the Talmudic tale about a King and his cup of wine.
