by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 10, 2022 | Holiness, Kindness and Compassion, Passover, Temple, Vayikra
People who are unfamiliar with the Bible think that a sacrifice is an unspecified animal that is slaughtered haphazardly and thrown into a blazing fire to be burnt entirely. But the book of Vayikra (Leviticus) is incredibly specific, describing a variety of sacrifices...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 6, 2022 | God, Good and Evil, Ki Teitzei, Purim
The Shabbat which immediately precedes the holiday of Purim is known as Shabbat Zachor, the Sabbath of remembering. In addition to the regular Torah reading, we read the verses commanding the Jews to remember what Amalek did to them when they left Egypt, and their...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 11, 2022 | Antisemitism, Beshalach, Good and Evil
The attack perpetrated by Hamas terrorists on October 7th, 2023 proved to the world what Israel has known for many years – that Hamas and the terrorists who perpetrate evil against Israel and her citizens are modern-day Amalakites. What exactly do we mean by...
by Mordi Levi | f 26, 2021 | Israel, Responsibility, Samuel
When Samuel charges King Saul with the task of exacting punishment on the Amalekites for attacking the Children of Israel on their way up from Egypt, He tells Saul to wipe out the entire nation: men, women, and children. He is to spare no one and must even kill all of...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 8, 2017 | Fear of God, Kindness and Compassion, Leadership, Responsibility, Tetzaveh
Late on a cold winter night in January, 1948, thirty-five Palmach soldiers headed out surreptitiously carrying military and medical supplies on their backs to the besieged community of Gush Etzion which was cut off from the rest of the Yishuv. Dawn broke before they...
