by Rabbi Elie Mischel | f 2, 2023 | Samuel
As I write this essay, the people of Israel are fighting two wars. The first war is against Hamas, and the significant majority of Palestinians who support their genocidal aims. The second war is against the cloud of falsehood and moral relativism that has overtaken...
by Rabbi Elie Mischel | f 1, 2023 | Joel, Samuel
In a heartbeat, everything changed. Before October 7th, Israelis could not agree on anything. Judicial reform, the possibility of peace with the Palestinians, the role of religion in Israel’s public square – everything was hotly debated. But ever since Hamas launched...
by Rabbi Elie Mischel | f 30, 2023 | Samuel
As we all learned in high school history class, there are eras of stability and relative quiet, and eras of revolution. 1776, 1914, 1939 – if you paid any attention in school, you’ll never forget what happened on those dates and how those events – the...
by Rabbi Elie Mischel | f 26, 2023 | Daniel, Samuel
These are trying times. As we await our soldiers’ inevitable invasion of Gaza, we are all on edge. We know that the current lull in rocket attacks is merely the calm before the storm. The soldiers at the front are not really “soldiers”; they are our sons and...
by Rabbi Elie Mischel | f 22, 2023 | Ha'azinu, Psalms, Samuel
Terror attacks are, unfortunately, not something new to Israel. We experienced way too many just this year alone, even before the heinous attack by Hamas terrorists on October 7th. Every time an attack rocks our nation, we feel angry, we feel devastated and we wonder...
by Mordi Levi | f 26, 2021 | Israel, Light Unto the Nations, Prayer, Samuel
Hannah’s prayer of thanksgiving, recorded in I Samuel 2, is considered a model prayer. In her time, there was still no established liturgy, and there was not yet any concept of organized prayer among the Israelites. Hannah’s prayer was a spontaneous expression of her...
