Israel has tried politics for 80 years. At times, it feels as though the nation is like a flock moving endlessly through the desert while searching for its shepherd. Maybe we're looking for the wrong shepherd?
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This Friday, May 22, marks Shavuot—the anniversary of the giving of the Torah to Israel at Mount Sinai. It was at this exact moment that the Seven Noahide Laws were officially renewed, codified, and given eternal Divine authority through Moses. Sinai didn't just create the Jewish nation; it set the moral blueprint for all of humanity.
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Israel has tried politics for 80 years. At times, it feels as though the nation is like a flock moving endlessly through the desert while searching for its shepherd. Maybe we're looking for the wrong shepherd?
There is a phrase in the MAGA movement: Trust Trump. If we can put our trust in a mortal to do the best for his people because he really wants what is best for them – should we not trust G-d as well?
Shabbat 250 (May 15-16) The Sabbath has sustained the Jewish people through all their exiles. Where entire empires have vanished, the Sabbath has remained alive. It has protected Jewish identity, preserved homes, and given the people of Israel spiritual respite amidst the trials of history.
What miracles we are seeing! How Hashem is protecting us! Rebbe Nachman explains that when most of the Jewish people have Likutei Moharan, Mashiach and the Redemption will come with mercy. Make sure to have your copy!
Israel and Aliyah
Israel has tried politics for 80 years. At times, it feels as though the nation is like a flock moving endlessly through the desert while searching for its shepherd. Maybe we're looking for the wrong shepherd?
Most Israelis live in a world measured by deliverables, deadlines, salaries. If you can’t graph it, invoice it, or post it on LinkedIn, it must not exist. But there’s another layer to this country — a quiet one — and you can’t scan it with an app or quantify it on Google Analytics.
The land of Israel, eretz Yisrael, is Hashem’s beautiful gift of inheritance to each one of us. It is up to us to claim it!
Civilizations celebrate the night and disappear into it. Israel enters the night and emerges crowned with light. From Yosef to today, the rule is unchanged: resistance births kingship.
Jewish Music and Arts
A few days before Simchas Torah, as the entire Jewish people held their breath in prayer to see our brothers and sisters return home, Yonatan Razel and Shulem Lemmer released this heartfelt new song.
Crowning Hashem as our King is the essence of Rosh Hashanah tefillot (prayers). Listen to the latest hit by Nissim Black and Gad Elbad!
“Avo el Hamelech” is from Megillat Esther. Queen Esther gives us the strength throughout all of the intensely beautiful prayers of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and lets us know ‘whether you feel it or not, whether it makes sense to you or not, AVO EL HAMELECH – SHOW UP AND COME BEFORE THE KING.
“Free as a Bird” was originally recorded in 1977 by John Lennon. Yonatan Razel's rendition marks the 80th birthday of John Lennon and 40 years since his assassination.