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Rav Kook, Teshuvat HaPrat, Teshuvat HaKlal and Shoftim By Ariel Natan Pasko The Hebrew month of Elul has begun, and teshuva, return, repentance, is in the air. Elul is the penitential month in the Jewish calendar, before Rosh HaShanah and … Continued
Consolation: Ben and Jerry’s or the Return of the Jews to Israel? By Ariel Natan PaskoThis week’s Shabbat, is known as Shabbat Nachamu, based on the week’s Haftarah reading from the prophet Isaiah. The Haftarah follows the weekly Torah reading … Continued
Rambam and Aliyah to the Temple Mount by Ariel Natan Pasko Earlier in the week, the 20th of Tevet, marked the Yom Hillula (day of festivity) or Yahrtzeit, of the Rambam (Maimonides). He died in 1204. So, I thought it … Continued
Born Free, Die Free, L’Hiyot Am Chofshi by Ariel Natan Pasko “Give me liberty, or give me death!” This emotional outburst by Patrick Henry, from a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention in 1775, swung the vote, convincing … Continued
Pollard for President of Israel by Ariel Natan Pasko Recently, five years to the day, after Jonathon Pollard was paroled (with severe restrictions) from the federal penitentiary, the US Parole Commission issued a certificate terminating parole and removing the restrictions … Continued
Toledot: Jewish Genealogy by Ariel Natan Pasko And these are the generations of Isaac, the son of Abraham; Abraham begot Isaac,” (Genesis 25:19).That’s how this week’s Torah reading, Toledot, starts out. Genealogy is important to Jews. We know who our … Continued
Rabbi Kahane, the Sarah Solution, and Peace by Ariel Natan Pasko This past week’s Torah reading, Vayera, coincided with the 30th remembrance of the murder of Rabbi Meir Kahane. He was the founder of the Jewish Defense League in America … Continued
Shoftim: Tzedek, Chasidut and the Tzadik State of Israel By Ariel Natan Pasko This week’s Torah reading, Parshat Shoftim, teaches “Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof…Justice and Righteousness shall you pursue, so that you may live and possess the land HaShem (the God … Continued
Re’eh: God’s Chosen Place for the Temple in Jerusalem by Ariel Natan Pasko Has anyone noticed the irony of what took place this past week. While on Wednesday, President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu both made televised announcements of a … Continued
Update: The Spies, Crisis and Aliyah by Ariel Natan Pasko It Can’t Happen Here! Oh Yes It Can! By Ariel Natan Pasko Spain, Germany, America; where are Jews going to run to next, China? Better to be a refugee in … Continued