Scaling the Mountain of Redemption

Scaling the Mountain of Redemption

Imagine you are at the base of a towering mountain, its peak shrouded in clouds. The summit seems impossibly far, the climb treacherous. You’ve just descended from another mountain – a descent that was painful and swift. Now, you must climb again. Yet, a voice...
A Sabbath of Vision

A Sabbath of Vision

What if you could travel back in time, not merely to observe, but to rectify the past and reshape the future? The annual observance of Shabbat Chazon, “the Sabbath of Vision,” offers us a symbolic journey of this kind. Far from a mere memorial, it serves as a powerful...
Tammuz: Lost Glory, Promised Return

Tammuz: Lost Glory, Promised Return

While people around the world celebrate the start of summer with swimming and adventure trips, the Jewish people are in a global state of mourning during the current month of Tammuz. Tammuz is the fourth month on the Hebrew (lunar) calendar, counting from the...
Iyar – A Radiant Month

Iyar – A Radiant Month

“On the first day of the second month, in the second year following the Exodus from the land of Egypt, Hashem spoke to Moshe in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting…” (Numbers 1:1) The second month on the Hebrew calendar is known today as Iyar (אִייָר), the...
The Month of Redemption

The Month of Redemption

By Chaim Barzel “God said to Moshe and Aharon in the land of Egypt: This month shall mark for you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year for you.” (Exodus 12:1-2) This first month of the Hebrew calendar is now known as Nisan...