Torah Wisdom Archives

It’s a New Moonth! Tevet

Most people know we are in the middle of the eight-day festival of Chanukah, but tonight is also the beginning of the new month of Tevet. The hebrew calendar is unique in that we have a solar year (365 days), but a lunar month (approximately 29.5 days from new moon Read more

By Shmuel, 11 yearsDecember 21, 2014 ago

Israel

Naftali’s Blessing

As we mentioned earlier, Yavne’el is one of the biblical border towns of the tribe of Naftali mentioned in the Book of Joshua (Josh 19:32). On his deathbed, the Patriarch Jacob blessed his son Naftali to be an ‘אילה שלוחה’ – ‘a deer let loose’ (Gen 49:21). Our sages explain that Read more

By Shmuel, 12 yearsAugust 27, 2014 ago