a letter to my wonderful father (may he live and be well)

Dear Dad, Reading this verse, said by King Hezekiah upon being healed by G-d from his near-death illness, made me think of you: “The living, the living, he will acknowledge You as I today, [like] a father to children will make known Your Truth.” (Isaiah 38:19) Rashi: “The father informs and directs the awareness of […]

Vegetarianism can save from death!

We read in Isaiah 38:1-5: “In those days, Hezekiah became deathly ill. Isaiah ben Amotz the prophet came to him and said to him, ‘Thus said the Almighty, ‘Command your household, for you shall die and you shall not live.” Hezekiah turned his face to the wall (‘el ha-kir’) and prayed to the Almighty. He […]