Shabbat and the Noahide, part IX: “A Sign Between Me and You” (Exodus 31)

A sign for whom?

“Guard Your Tongue” (acapella song)

Yehudah Maccabee (song)

“Oh, Yehudah Maccabee, how was I to see what you would mean to me?”

Light a Menorah (song)

A new, upbeat English Chanukah song!

Equally Commanded?

Are the Torah’s commandments for Jews and non-Jews alike?

Has there been such a thing? (Jeremiah 2:10-11)

“I carried you, but you abandoned me.”

Abraham Geiger on the attitude of Diaspora Jewry toward the Jewish community in the land of Israel

“Although they felt deep sympathy with the sufferings of their brethren left in their old country… yet they were exempt from the struggle going on there.”

Hashem’s Loving Embrace

“When their eyes look up into My eyes, and My eyes into their eyes…”

Doomed to Repeat Them

We constantly hear in the media and from left-leaning individuals and groups, as well as from the United Nations and the spokespeople of the various world nations, about the evils perpetrated by the State of Israel any time it takes defensive actions against the groups or individuals that have sworn to destroy it. The enemies of […]

Riddle Me This…

Dear Readers, I recently published a piece describing how King Achav (Ahab) of Israel captured his enemy, Ben-Hadad, the King of Aram, and was ordered by the prophet to kill him, but preferred to be merciful, and let Ben-Hadad free. The prophet censures Achav for this, and tells him he and his nation will suffer […]