Since October 7, the world’s eyes have been on Gaza, but on the other side of Israel, peace is still further away than ever ...
With a witty phrase, he noted that “behold, his prayer will bear fruit.” The Succot citron, etrog, is protectively wrapped in silky flax padding and safeguarded in a covered ornamental box.
It begins with a little-known fact. There was a time when there were not three paragraphs in the prayer we call the Shema, but four. The Mishnah in Tamid (5:1) tells us that in Temple times the ...