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Time for a shift in Jewish polarity. A few days ago, I went to cash some checks at a change-place in downtown Jerusalem. Cashing checks outside the bank is legal in Israel…

They recognize Israel; they just don’t accept it. “A Jewish State, what is that supposed to mean? You call yourselves as you like, but I don’t accept it, and I say so publicly.”

The country is on the verge of dehydration. I am writing this on Rosh Chodesh of the month of Shevat. “Jewish Arbor Day” is coming up in 15 days and I am dreading it and wishing that someone would stick in a leap-month of some kind.

Division between “Israeli” and “Jew” is artificial.

This article may seem at first to be dealing with nothing more than semantics. But in this case, we are dealing with words pertaining to our very identity.

I have just returned from a five-week trip to the US. While there, I dedicated half of my time to family and the rest of the time to lecturing about Israel and Aliyah, and meeting with American Jews who want to take part in building the Jewish State..

Against a utilitarian approach to the Land. “I will remember My covenant with Jacob and even My covenant with Isaac, and even My covenant with Abraham will I remember, and I will remember the Land.”

“Hashem spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai saying: Speak to the children of Israel and say to them: When you come into the Land that I give you, the Land shall observe a Sabbath rest for HaShem.” Parshat Behar

A methodical exile is taking place; the exile of location and exile of the mind. We all know what exile is. Exile is when you get kicked off your land. But that’s not the worst exile. A nation may be forcibly exiled..

My father (alav hashalom) had an interesting quirk. He absolutely loved it when all his children were home for Shabbat. He would tell me: “Now that everyone is home, I finally feel at rest.”..

Usually, people will tell you that the month of Cheshvan is called Mar, bitter. Usually, people will tell you that we have no holidays this month either. However, if you flip Mar, it becomes Ram, which means “great”…