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Biyernes, Marso 06, 2026
Huwebes, Pebrero 26, 2026
Jeremy Ruberg: The sources in this parashah suggest that covering the head began as an expression of humility: placing something above the head symbolizes living with the awareness that we ourselves are not the highest point in the room — the Divine is.
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Mendel Kalmenson and Zalman Abraham: Simply put, greater than seeing an angel is becoming an angel for someone else.
Huwebes, Agosto 14, 2025
Sabado, Mayo 25, 2024
William Scott Ritter, Jr.: It comes down to perception vs. reality, and perception is going to win if you are not able to put an alternative point of view out there.
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My first Text~Generated AI Image by Google Gemini Titled "Lightning From the East"
Word Prompt based on Revelation 1:14-15 and Revelation 19:12-13: "Seated full-sized Guyanese-Filipino Man with medium-length curly White Hair, neatly trimmed short White Beard, Natural Bronze Skin and Bloodshot Eyes wearing a small Gold Cross Necklace, Barong Tagalog, Blood-Red Yarmulke and Blood-Red Bathrobe in Black Crocs drinking Coffee, Mango, Green Grapes, Bananas, Pineapple, Orange Juice, Spam, Fried Rice, Sunny-Side Up Eggs, and Croissant on a Private Jet Plane over Mount Olivet"
LIAT COHEN: Israel is losing the battle for information and the international narrative.
THOMAS REESE: I am sure God has a plan; I just don't know what it is.
JPOST EDITORIAL: If the prime minister doesn't present his day-after plan – in Hebrew, to Israelis – before boarding that flight he will have insulted an entire country.
Asaf Kagan: Israel's Foreign Ministry and Ministry for Diaspora Affairs have resoundingly failed, as have its intelligence and military apparatuses. But, as a result of this failure, the army and other government agencies have recognized the need for a coordinated agency and have demanded additional funding. Israel has paid a steep price for delaying such an initiative. By proactively shaping online narratives and countering negative portrayals, the NID can bolster Israel's global image and secure its position on the international stage.
DAVID BEN-BASAT: Israel's information-dissemination system is of paramount importance, particularly in these times, and the Foreign Ministry has allocated a substantial additional budget for this purpose.
YAAKOV KATZ: Civilian oversight of the IDF is an urgent necessity - The IDF should get used to it.
Reuven Chaim Klein: Rabbi Yaakov Tzvi Mecklenburg (1785-1865) writes that the word malach is related to the Hebrew word malachah (“creative labor”) because a malach is an agent — whether angelic or not — who carries out a certain task on one's behalf. Though the comparison between these two words is not readily understood, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-1888) offers a penetrating insight: The word malachah denotes the thinking man's ability to bring his ideas into reality through creative work, while malach is the personification of the thinking man's ability to use a proxy to realize his ideas. He also writes that the word malach sometimes refers directly to G-d because He constantly engages in the malachah of creating the world.
Yehuda Kurtzer: The role of "the Rabbi," like teachers and other professions once understood to represent expertise, has become increasingly devalued. We have disempowered our rabbis for the sake of amplifying our own agency in shaping our Judaism
DANI STAUM: MICHAEL IS COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF SNOW;
Lazer Gurkow: The tribe of Reuben led to the south, corresponding to the angelic camp led by Michael.
The Midrash Abkir (l.c. 132): God appointed Michael to be the defender of Israel.
ARIEL MUZICANT: Enabling the continued hatred and murder of Jews, denying the victims the agency to stop it, and couching it in the terms of international law is antisemitism. TODAY, THE ivory towers of international justice once again believe that Jews should have no agency over the protection of their own lives. The best and most effective way to get rid of Jews is to disable their agency to act in their own defense.
Nava Freiberg: Long referred to as hasbara, a term used to denote both public relations and propaganda that has been freighted with negative baggage in recent years, the ministry now brands its approach as toda'a — which translates to "awareness" or "consciousness"— an apparent shift toward broader, more proactive messaging.
ZVIKA KLEIN: Dominate the news agenda. Own the news cycle, every day
Biyernes, Mayo 28, 2021
🙏🏾 PRAY FOR RAIN 🌪️☔⛈️
Ismar Schorsch: In rabbinic parlance, water stands for Torah.
Editor: As water contains no carbohydrate or calories, it is the perfect drink for people with diabetes.
Frank Wang: It's a traditional superstition, or folk religion if you will, that burning these "magic scrolls" and drinking the ashes with water can cure disease of drive away evil spirits and what not.
Ron Hoffman: The burnt ashes of the פרה אדומה/pure red calf were mixed into a water solution by the כהנים/Priests in the בית המקדש/Temple and sprinkled on those טמא/impure. A spiritually impure Jew cannot partake of the קורבן פסח/Pascal Sacrifice until they have undergone טהרה/purification drinking this solution containing the red calf's burnt ashes.
Kathleen Hochul: New Yorkers should take steps to conserve water whenever possible in the areas now under a designated drought watch.
JONATHAN NERIL: This promise of abundant rains and prosperity is followed by a warning that, should Israel ignore the Torah, God will "make your skies like iron"–cease all rains and bring drought, according to the Midrash. Praying for rain is a key part of the spiritual life of a Jew.
"Hyman Arluck was the child of a Jewish cantor. His twin brother died the next day."
LAUREN BERKUN: On this Shemini Atzeret, may our prayers for rain remind us of our vulnerabilities and our responsibilities to God, "Who causes the wind to blow and the rain to fall."
OU Staff: In the prayer, we are informed that the "angel" in charge of the distribution of rain is named "Af-Bri." This name alludes to the two ways in which rain can be delivered to the earth. "Af" means "Anger" and represents torrential, flood-provoking rainfall. "Bri" denotes "Health" and corresponds to the gentle rain which is beneficial to humanity and to the environment in general. Af-Bri is designated as the name of the angel of rain; to thicken and to form clouds, to empty them and to cause rain.
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