Our service was honoured with the presence of Nitzan, daughter of 57 year old para-medic Assaf Schlesinger. Assaf Schlesinger, z”l, from Rosh Haayin, was murdered at the Nova music festival. He was there as a paramedic and the head of the medical crew. From testimonies that keep accumulating, his children …
During this most painful year, in addition to the trauma of the terrorist atrocities, the capture of hostages and the tragic war, we have been subjected to a constant barrage of falsehoods. Of these, none has been so insidious as the morally inverted claim of genocide, the modern-day blood libel. …
כּי־תָבוֹא ‘when you arrive’ At the end of the 40 year journey through the wilderness, Moshe turns to the children of Israel and says… “Hey guys… what would you like first, the good news or the bad news?“ So Moshe recounts all the commitments they’ve undertaken in their covenant with …
Parshat Bechukotai Through what merit is the Jewish people saved? One answer is presented in Parshat Bechukotai. Within the context of the tochacha, a long tragic list of curses which God forbid might befall the Jewish people, Hashem tells us ‘Vezacharti et-beriti ya’akov’ – I will remember my covenant …
