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Torah at All Times This past week, I heard the following comments from Rav Yitzchok Yosef, the Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel: “Yaakov Avinu wanted...

Mourning Rav Shteinman This week, the first yahrtzeit of Rav Aharon Leib Shteinman was marked by a series of hespeidim. The religious newspapers in Israel...

A Razor-Thin Majority When Defense Minister Lieberman resigned, it wasn’t only Lieberman who resigned. His entire party, Yisroel Beiteinu, left the government coalition. As a...

A Vote for “Moshe Berkowitz” The runoff elections that were held in various localities took place less than a week ago. I heard plenty of...

Amsalem’s Closing Address Meanwhile, the draft law has quietly been advancing through the stages of legislation. On Thursday, it was discussed in a special committee....

Netanyahu and Gabbay Both Declare Victories What were the major events this past week? First of all, we are still living in the shadow of...

Finally, Elections Are Over By the time you read these lines, the municipal elections in Israel will be behind us. As I am writing these...

Memorials in the Knesset This past week, Prime Minister Netanyahu delivered a speech at the opening sitting of the Knesset in which he boasted at...

Tragedy in Beitar Illit This past week has been a painful time here in Eretz Yisroel. First and foremost, there was a terrible tragedy in...

After the Yomim Tovim Since the middle of Elul, we have all been promised that various things will be taken care of “after the Yomim...

Sukkos Touches Every Jewish Heart Sukkos is here, along with Hoshanah Rabbah and Simchas Torah, and we have no need for polls and surveys in...

A Visit to the Kosel I have been to the Kosel. Nothing compares to a visit to the Kosel before Rosh Hashanah. The sights and sounds...

Netanyahu Zigzags on Shabbos Issue The religious community in Eretz Yisroel is constantly beset by new concerns. First there was the issue of the draft...

Two Families in Pain On the domestic front, we have been dealing with a large number of issues this week. Probably the most agonizing issue...

Will the Nationality Law Bring Down the Government? Talk has already begun about moving up the next elections. There are many reasons that Prime Minister Binyomin...

Assad Becomes a Threat Again The ruler of Syria has become a threat to the State of Israel once again, primarily to the cities of...

The Police Deny Responsibility In the midst of this sadness, the preparations for the hillula of Rav Shimon Bar Yochai on Lag Ba’omer continued. With...

Provisions for Pesach Here in Israel, there are organizations in every neighborhood and city that distribute food packages to the needy in advance of the...

“Hefetz Doesn’t Know Anything!” Prime Minister Binyomin Netanyahu may have been out of the country, but his thoughts were focused on the investigations at home....

Lingering Memories of Purim On Thursday, it felt as if the entire country descended upon Bnei Brak. The next day, everyone flocked to Yerushalayim. In...