The Fast of the 17th of Tammuz: Finding the Love in the Destruction
Lipitz, Mrs. Ani
The three weeks between the 17th of the Hebrew month of Tammuz and the 9th of the Hebrew month of Av are called Bein HaMetzarim (“Between the Straits”), and during this period Jewish people the...
The month of Iyar – “for I am the Lord, who heals you”
Lundin, Rabbi Haggai
"If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees,
I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I...
Adam and Eve [transgressed by eating from] the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. It was through this sin that the yeitzer hara (evil inclination) became a part of each of us, challenging us to this day with obstacles to our spiritual growth....
[Tu BeShevat offers the] opportunity to absorb the amazing gift of Eretz Yisroel, the fantastic bounty it is giving us these days, and the tremendous opportunity to make blessings over it in giving thanks to God....
The Tenth of Tevet marks the onset of the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylonia, and the beginning of the battle that ultimately destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple of Solomon, and sent the Jews into the 70-year Babylonian Exile....
The Chanukka candles are a channel through which a portion of the Or Haganuz (the tremendously good light Hashem has reserved for the tzadikim in the world to come) is released for us. ...
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak (YY) Jacobson, founder of TheYeshiva.net, and one of the most successful, passionate and mesmerizing communicators of Judaism today, shares a short video offering insights and inspiration each night of Chanuka....
"In such times of distress we must always be like that faithful band of Hasmoneans, and remember that there is always a drop of 'pure olive oil' hidden deep in the heart of every Jew, which, if kindled, bursts into a big flame. This drop of 'pure olive oil'...
