An Email Discussion Between Rabbi Moshe Zuriel, Z”L and Shlomo Scheinman about The Prayer of Calev at Maarat Hamachpela (the Tomb of the Patriarchs) in Light of Mishna Brura’s Halachic Ruling Against Making Requests to The Dead
26 Sep 2024

An Email Discussion Between Rabbi Moshe Zuriel, Z”L and Shlomo Scheinman about The Prayer of Calev at Maarat Hamachpela (the Tomb of the Patriarchs) in Light of Mishna Brura’s Halachic Ruling Against Making Requests to The Dead

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Introduction In the last year of the lifetime of Rabbi Moshe Zuriel, (of blessed memory) I asked the rabbi by email how to explain the Talmud’s account of the prayer of Calev at Maarat Hamachpela (Talmud, tractate Sotah 34b). I … Continued

Lovers of Hevron/Hebron, Like Calev (Caleb) of the Bible Did End Up Gaining Extra Portions of Land in Israel Because of the 17th of Elul Elections
15 Dec 2019

Lovers of Hevron/Hebron, Like Calev (Caleb) of the Bible Did End Up Gaining Extra Portions of Land in Israel Because of the 17th of Elul Elections

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Lovers of Hevron/Hebron, Like Calev (Caleb) of the Bible Did End Up Gaining Extra Portions of Land in Israel Because of the 17th of Elul Elections Who Was Calev (commonly called Caleb in some Bible translations)? http://bible.ort.org/books/pentd2.asp?ACTION=displaypage&BOOK=4&CHAPTER=13 (Bamidabar) Numbers Chapter … Continued

Despite Her Lurid Past, the Prophet Yehoshua Married Rachav – Who Saved Two Jewish Spies
16 Jun 2019

Despite Her Lurid Past, the Prophet Yehoshua Married Rachav – Who Saved Two Jewish Spies

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Despite Her Lurid Past, the Prophet Yehoshua Married Rachav – Who Saved Two Jewish Spies quote from http://dafyomi.co.il/megilah/discuss/mg-qa-013.2.htm THE TORAH DISCUSSION FORUM Kollel Iyun Hadaf daf@dafyomi.co.il, www.dafyomi.co.il Rosh Kollel: Rabbi Mordecai Kornfeld MEGILAH 13 MARRYING A FORMER ZONAH AND OTHER … Continued

Israeli Elections are on The 17th of Elul. This is the Date When Yehoshua and Calev benefitted from the death of 10 Religious Anti-Zionists
2 Jun 2019

Israeli Elections are on The 17th of Elul. This is the Date When Yehoshua and Calev benefitted from the death of 10 Religious Anti-Zionists

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Israeli Elections are on The 17th of Elul. This is the Date When Yehoshua and Calev benefitted from the death of 10 Religious Anti-Zionists In an amazing coincidence in history, there is a linkage between World War I and World … Continued