A few years ago I was teaching a class on the weekly Torah Portion about Noah. A student interrupted the lecture and said, “I’m an anthropology major and I’ve studied ancient societies and cultures from all over the world. Virtually all of them have folktales of a deluge or flood Read more…
Dedicated in the memory of Devorah Sarah bat Avraham Notes and sources below the video!!! About Rabbi Shmuel Veffer Rabbi Veffer is most widely known as the inventor of the KosherLamp and producer of Galilee Green Olive Oil. However he has been a leader in Jewish education and outreach Read more…
Dedicated in the memory of Devorah Sarah bat Sarah Notes and sources below the video!!! –> About Rabbi Shmuel Veffer Rabbi Veffer is most widely known as the inventor of the KosherLamp and producer of Galilee Green Olive Oil. However he has been a leader in Jewish education and outreach Read more…
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Notes and sources below the video!!! About Rabbi Shmuel Veffer Rabbi Veffer is most widely known as the inventor of the KosherLamp and producer of Galilee Green Olive Oil. However he has been a leader in Jewish education and outreach for over 25 years. His breadth of experience in Read more…
In Part I, we learned that the Torah treats the Land of Israel as a “Morasha” – a Heritage handed down from the previous generation. The Land must be possessed and preserved by the current generation to be handed down to the next generation for eternity. The idea to “give Read more…
On January 28, 2020 President Trump announced the “Deal of the Century.” It is his plan to settle the conflict between the State of Israel and the Palestinian Arabs. (Read all 181 pages here) Unlike any previous peace plans in the history of the State of Israel, this one was Read more…
Genesis 18:1-8 finds Avraham recovering from his circumcision in the heat of the desert day. Yet, when he sees three men appear, he runs to greet them and invite them into his tent to refresh themselves. The Midrash tells us that after Avraham would feed his guests, he would ask Read more…
The days between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur are taken seriously in Israel… you can feel it in the air. Everyone is preparing – whether they are in Torah study halls or in businesses. I teach once a week in Netanya at a post-high school gap year seminary program for Read more…
Seeing Through Wine-Colored Lenses – Shlach (Numbers 13-15) In Israel, we are ahead of the Diaspora and are reading the story of Moses sending the spies into the Land. Here’s a deeper understanding of the episode from my Rabbi and friend Ari Kahn. It was not supposed to happen this Read more…
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