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Balak: The Blessing of Isolation for Israel By Ariel Natan Pasko “Hen Am L’Vadad Y’Shkone…” (from the root BaDaD*). “Behold, it is a nation that shall dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations.” *More on this later. And … Continued
Korah: Democracy or Divine Aristocracy for Israel? By Ariel Natan Pasko Winston Churchill said, that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time…” implying that they were … Continued
Translation of Sotah page 35 https://www.sefaria.org.il/Sotah.35a.13?lang=bi The verse states: “And those men who brought out an evil report of the land, died by the plague before the Lord” (Numbers 14:37). Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish says: This means that they died … Continued
The God of Israel’s Hand in Nature and History By Ariel Natan Pasko Just recently, the Jewish people experienced the Revelation of God at Mount Sinai, AGAIN!The holiday of Shavuot just occurred. Jewish holidays are called a Moed, a private … Continued
Behar-Bechukotai: Jews living outside Eretz Yisrael? By Ariel Natan Pasko This past Shabbat’s Torah reading, Behar-Bechukotai, has three major concepts, that relate directly to events of the day, and without delving deeper into them, they might be completely missed. PM … Continued
The Biblical book of Shmot/Exodus Chapter 12 – describes how the Jewish people were saved from a supernatural plague by offering the Passover sacrifice. That sacrifice however, was offered outside the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, since the rule that all … Continued
The presentation by vilnagaon.org of Rabbi Manning’s views on “Mitzvot in Space” is not to be seen as an endorsement of his conclusions. It is meant just to encourage research into this fascinating topic. The link to the audio: https://audio.vilnagaon.org/outer-space/Mitzvot … Continued
Former Chief Rabbi of British Mandate Palestine, Rabbi Avraham Kook pointed out (Chazon HaGeula p. 222) that winning a War to Conquer the Land of Israel takes precedence even if it means endangering Jews for the sake of victory. Since … Continued
In the opinion of Meam Loez commentary to Shmuel/Samuel, there was a time of “boiling hot wrath” when David counted Israel, and therefore the Nation of Israel was punished by a plague. last revised 25th of Nissan, 5780 -April 19,2020 … Continued
For the sake of ease I will quote from the translation of the book of Esther chapter 3 at https://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt3303.htm 1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set … Continued