“All of Israel is responsible one for the other” (Talmud Bavli, Shavuot 39a) As the horribly s***** news keeps flowing in over the last several hours about the murders of these 6 beautiful souls by Hamas terrorists, I’m struck by several things that I’m seeing. Everyone that I know seems to be concerned and are … More “Kol Yisrael Areivim Zeh Ba-Zeh”
I was at the Tikkun Leil Shavuot this week and the featured speakers were two Rabbinic students from Ziegler. The presentations were good but one of the students made a comment during the Q&A that I found absolutely astounding. He said that some of his Rabbinic classmates were, in his words, “dismissive” of Israel. I … More Dismissive of Israel? WTF?
Back in June, I had the pleasure of attending my cousin’s beautiful wedding in Tel Aviv. It was a glorious day full of joy and laughter and it was a real simcha. But all that kind of flipped for me, waking up the morning of October 7th and realizing what was happening in Israel. 1200 … More October 7th changed EVERYTHING for me!
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