by Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Overwhelming Tragedy An individual possesses the ability to grasp the short range significance of events and to understand those aspects which affect his own personal life. Yet, even this process takes time. Only after enough time has passed is one able to analyze properly what has befallen him. When a massive, sweeping event occurs – … Read more
The Torah teaches us to appreciate the “good Land” and to thank God for its bounties, as it says: “For the Lord your God brings you into a good Land, a Land of water courses, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a Land of wheat, and barely, and vines, and … Read more
The 10th of Tevet Our teacher and leader, Rabbi Tzvi Yehudah Hakohen Kook of blessed memory said that on the fast day of the 10th of Tevet, the day on which the siege of the walls of Jerusalem began, we must act to strengthen the walls of Jerusalem, and the building of the Land of … Read more
His Personality There have been scores of Torah giants in recent generations, but the stature of none compares to that of Rabbi Avraham Isaac HaCohen Kook, zt”l (1865 -1935). His genius was astounding – there was no field of Torah study that he had not mastered. His recall was astonishing – great scholars related that … Read more