Jews must abandon their Jewish identity to become Swedes The holidays are over but we want to focus your attention on an event that caused a minor storm during Chanukah, but was probably glossed over by most people because we were all so busy preparing and celebrating. Deputy-Speaker of the Read more
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
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