Sound of the World's Silence at Arab Terror Against Israel
For me the most powerful "silence" is how the world ignores and excuses Arab terrorism against Israel. This terrorism goes on all the time. Southern Israel has been burnt the past few months by...
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From the "Vineyards of the Mountains of Samaria,""כְרָמִ֔ים בְּהָרֵ֖י...
Jeremiah 31:4Yet again shall you plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria, indeed planters shall plant [them] and redeem [them].דעוֹד תִּטְּעִ֣י כְרָמִ֔ים בְּהָרֵ֖י שֹֽׁמְר֑וֹן נָטְע֥וּ נֹטְעִ֖ים...
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Inspiring Evening of Song
Last night, after breaking the Tzom Gedalia fast, there was an evening of inspiring song and stories by the father-son duo Binyamin and Avraham Yitzchak Rosensweig, l'ilui nishmato shel Avihu Keinan,...
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Yom Kippur Fasting, Only if Doctor Approves
At yesterday's pre-Yom Kippur shiur, class/talk, in the neighborhood we were taught a Mishna about the basic laws of the holiest day in the Jewish Year. It begins by saying that eating and drinking are...
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Execute Arab Terrorists and Facilitators, Like We did Eichmann
Deja vuI've written this before.Deja vuWe've buried too many good, even extraordinary people who were murdered by Arab terrorists.Deja vuWe're angry.Deja vuThe world blames us.Deja vuPeople make...
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Oslo Accords Never Could have brought Peace
Why is the Left, still beating a dead horse? It's decades after the Oslo Accords was revealed, and it was a rogue action. The Israelis who "negotiated" it hadn't been sent by the Israeli Government....
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Pre-Yom Kippur Yom Iyyun in Matan
I attended a very inspiring Pre-Yom Kippur Yom Iyyun in Matan on Monday. It certainly whet my appetite to sign up for classes, as I've done for the past few years.Join us!
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Blog Roundup Celebrating חג שמח Chag Sameach
We're now just over half way through the major Jewish Holiday season with Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur behind us, looking forward after Shabbat to Succot and Simchat Torah. This is not the season to...
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Excellent Behind The Scenes About "Oslo Accords" by Liat Collins
Over the years I've written a lot about the "Oslo Accords," even rather recently, Oslo Accords Never Could have brought Peace. On Shabbat I read MY WORD: THOUGHTS ON OSLO AND PEACE PROCESSES by Liat...
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Succot Now and Way Back When, Memories
Here's a collage of this year's succah decorations. We've had our own family succah all but two years we've been married, though neither my husband nor I grew up with a succah.I remember that our...
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Planning The Third Temple
Tonight, as a Succot celebration here in Shiloh, I heard a talk about the Third Temple.It took place in a neighbor's large succah.Considering that even today, after seventy 70 years of the State of...
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Succot ושמחת בחגך Why the Joy?
One of Judaism's interesting questions is:Why is the Succot Holiday called the "Joyful" one? ושמחת בחגךThe other day, while walking outside in Shiloh and wondering when Gd will bless us with cleansing...
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New "Space-Saving" Graves in Jerusalem
Today my husband and I attended the funeral of a dear friend in the Givat Shaul Har Menuchot Cemetery, Jerusalem. After the ceremony in the "eulogy hall," we were driven the winding way among fields of...
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Bible Marathon Based on Biblical Narrative
Runners came from all over to participle in the Bible Marathon, which ends in Shiloh every year. The original run is depicted in the Bible:Story of the Bible Marathon“Then a man of Benjamin ran from...
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Peace Plans/Deals Don't Bring Peace
I dread the news announcement of another so called Peace Plan/Deal by Trump or anyone else. The entire concept is a dangerous farce. There's no way one can "make peace" when one of the so-called...
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Celebrating Again, Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan
We've barely recovered from almost a month of a marathon of Jewish Holidays, including the Bible Marathon here in Shiloh, when it's time to save this coming Tuesday for our Women's Rosh Chodesh Prayers...
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This isn't the United States I knew.This isn't the United States where I was educated.This isn't the United States where I was taught the basic principles of democracy. Sometimes you win, and sometimes...
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Revisiting Sha'ar Binyamin, My Jewish-Arab Workplace
Yesterday, I shopped in Rami Levy, Sha'ar Binyamin. I hadn't been there for a very long time. For close to six years I had worked in Yafiz in the commercial center. I worked with Arabs. It's definitely...
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Security Inspection
As we were entering Jerudalem by bus, the guards were seen to have asked the driver and passenger for identification. With the identification still held by the guard, we could see them pull over. Then...
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Women's Upcoming Rosh Chodesh Prayers, Kislev
On Rosh Chodesh Marcheshvan, we had very joyful prayers at Shiloh Hakeduma, Tel Shiloh, as it was just a few days after the wedding of a participant. As her mother is one of our group, the young bride...
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