…encourage everyone to take a moment each day to study some text and to learn about each of the six hostages. You can follow the links below or search on…
…is different from the search for chronologically prior causes. Let me explain. The French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty (d. 1961) put it this way in the preface to his most important…
…it’s not in the Bible. Tanach does not formally have a word for soldiers (occasionally, the descriptive term “Ish Tzava”, “Army Man” is used). Ben Yehuda’s idea can be seen…
…was a term used to portray the divine as a Warrior god. This conception of the deity was borrowed from the widespread tribal conception in the Ancient Near East that…
…cruelly, and painfully as possible. THE EXTREMIST ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY Hamas proclaims that it exemplifies Orthodox Islam. But its absolutist version of Islam, a military term meaning “surrender,” officially to…
…above footnote 4. [7] John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America, 3, 1961, Quoted in Quotationary by Ed. Frank Leonard Roy under “Imitation.” [8] Above footnote 1. [9]…
…Israel in Manalapan have demonstrated conclusively that their passion for the preservation of their shul overrules their own personal choices. Three long-term members and leaders of the synagogue—Bonnie Leff, chair…
…seems to have been a deliberate attempt by many of the Talmudic rabbis to limit the bowing ritual, both in terms of its frequency and in terms of how emphatically…
…Coming from “cerebro,” meaning the brain and atmosphere, according to the hilarious “Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook,”[1] this is the politically correct term for an “airhead.” Other entertaining entries…
…needs, one of the latest buzzwords is the term “microloan,” small loans designed to help people get on their feet and spark their economic potential. Today, I am advocating for…
…the Torah as well. Confronting personal and national history often requires us to come to terms with ‘the good old days’, when the truth of yesterday can be obscured by…
…though R. Kalonymus does not explicitly mentionR. Nachman or his writings, and does not always use the technical term hitbodedut, it is clear both from textual evidence and outside testimonythat…