Yonaton Behar

One should try to leave work early and light the Chanukah candles close to sunset * Should lighting time be postponed so as not to cancel a regular Torah class? * One who returns home late from work should make an effort to light candles no later than nine o’clock * When a spouse gets … Read more

As the sons of Abraham chosen to be a blessing to all humanity, we are obliged to think of ways of helping Europe face the threat of Islam * Western experts fail to understand the root of the problem * In which direction will the conflict between the West and Islam go? Two possible scenarios … Read more

The evil attacks in Paris are deplorable, but not surprising * Europeans sinned in the past through colonialism and anti-Semitism, and sin today in their attitude towards Israel * The corrupt European concept of morality, which sanctifies individual rights while neglecting obligations and justice * Granting of rights without obligations leads to corruption * The … Read more

Is determining that one should study Torah on Shabbat for a minimum of six hours a new innovation? * The Jerusalem Talmud on Shabbat being given to Am Yisrael for the purpose of Torah study * The Gemara and Rishonim explain that time on Shabbat should be divided – half for physical pleasure, and half … Read more

Seventy-two years ago my grandfather, Rabbi Chaim Yehudah Weil ztz”l was murdered, ‘Al Kiddush Hashem’, in Auschwitz. He was the scion of the famous Ashkenazi ‘posek’, Mahari Weil, Rabbi of the communities Czerniaków and Dusseldorf in Germany * He was a member of the Torah and ‘Derech Eretz’ movement, a great Torah scholar and God-fearing man respected … Read more

The Temple Mount is the place all Israel yearns for, and where all prayers are directed *Only a few people are involved with practical preparations for building the Temple. Why? * The spiritual process required to build the Temple * As long as the Temple Mount is open to the Arabs, it is a mitzvah … Read more

Our enemies war is against the very existence of the State of Israel which runs contrary to their Islamic beliefs * A decisive victory will be achieved through strengthening the Jewish character of the state and expanding settlement in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria * Political analysts and academic scholars misunderstand the motives of Arab terrorism … Read more

Our enemies war is against the very existence of the State of Israel which runs contrary to their Islamic beliefs * A decisive victory will be achieved through strengthening the Jewish character of the state and expanding settlement in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria * Political analysts and academic scholars misunderstand the motives of Arab terrorism … Read more

The goal of terrorism is to sow panic and cause the public to give up on its assets and interests * The difference between Leftists who respond to terrorism by capitulating, and Rightists who mobilize to defeat it * Today, the majority of Israeli’s have sobered from the delusions of peace; consequently, terrorism will not … Read more

The recently murdered Jews in Arab terrorist attacks clung to the frontline of settling Eretz Yisrael despite the danger, fulfilling the words of our Sages “with all your soul – even if He takes your soul” * The settlers of Judea and Samaria are the floodgate preventing disastrous withdrawals, therefore the answer to the wave … Read more