Political Science
Retreat From the Land of Israel?
*From a live Broadcast on Arutz-7 Radio, Israel, 7 Tevet 5758 (Jan 5) The issue of the Land of Israel in general and the problematic
Mashiach and Jewish Leadership – Part...
Rectifying the Present to Manifest the Future There exists within the Jewish vision of redemption a basic existential paradox. No matter how hard we try
Mashiach and Jewish Leadership Part 21 Sp...
We are taught in Kabbalah and Chassidut that the four cardinal elements of fire, air, water and earth (dust) relate to thesefirot ("Divine Emanations") in the following manner:
Mashiach and Jewish Leadership Part 10 Re...
In the Aramaic translation and commentary on the opening verse of Song of Songs, the tradition is brought that there are ten primordial songs–nine appearing
A Royal Egg
Four Types of Eggs in the Talmud Four different types of egg are mentioned in the Talmud, and they each have a different status in
Sex and Politics
"Give not your strength [i.e., your seed] to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings" ("אַל תִּתֵּן לַנָּשִׁים חֵילֶךָ וּדְרָכֶיךָ לַמְחוֹת מְלָכִין"). This is
The Heart and Mind of Dealing with Enemies
There are three ways to deal with enemies: surrender, fight, or make peace by neutralizing the root of their animosity. The Ba'al Shem Tov told it
Transcendence and Revolution
A revolution is a turnover – those at the bottom revolve to the top and those at the top revolve to the bottom. In Hebrew,