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FRENCH HILL, JERUSALEM – FRIDAY, 3:45 P.M.

Fifteen minutes before he died, Ahmed wiped rain from his eyes and jammed the bulldozer’s throttle forward. The site was deserted. The other workers had left hours ago for the weekend, but Ahmed needed the overtime. It was a cold Friday afternoon in March 1999, and his son’s medication had to be paid for by Monday morning.

The engine roared, flooding the cab with the stench of diesel and wet earth as he drove the blade toward the final ridge of Judean limestone. He braced for the familiar jar of impact, but it never came. The machine lurched as the metal shovel punched through the rock face and plunged into a void.

By Shmuel, ago
War with Amalek

Fighting Our Inner Amalek

Pharoah’s army is in a deadly pursuit of the Jewish people as they arrive at the sea.

Moshe tells the people, “Don’t be afraid… stand by and watch … God will do battle for you and you will be still.” (Exodus 14: 13-14)

God performs the miracle at the sea: the Egyptian army is drowned and the Jewish people are saved. The message for the world is to learn that there is no power in the world independent of God. There was no human intervention necessary to win the war.

Yet later, at the end of this week’s parsha, it is

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By Shmuel, ago

Lost in Translation

Are you reading the Bible through a foggy lens?

Today in this podcast, we strip away centuries of layers of translations.

Join us as we tap into the insights of Rabbi Shmuel Veffer to discover the vibrant, active realities hidden beneath standard English biblical terms.

Move beyond simple translation and dive into the “chemistry” of the Hebrew language.

From redefining “sin” as a missed target to understanding marriage as the ultimate school of giving, Rabbi Veffer offers profound, practical, and humorous insights into the purpose of creation and the modern State of Israel.

Join us to reconnect with the roots of biblical wisdom.

(note: this podcast was produced with the help of NotebookLM)

Here’s a link to the videos discussed in this podcast.

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By Shmuel, ago