Author: NOWlej

Our haftarah speaks enigmatically of the “one from the east” (Isaiah 41:2), whom God called forth to usher in a new age of justice and goodness. Our Sages identify this man as Avraham Avinu, the central figure of our parsha, who...

  On Monday evening, I had the privilege of attending a gathering in Or Akiva with Israel’s Foreign Minister, Gideon Sa’ar, as a representative of the Likud movement in Zichron Yaakov. Those of us in attendance were deeply...

Survival, Shame, Revenge, and the Theology of Divine Absence VII. Hester Panim and the Scroll of Esther Jewish tradition has a name for this experience: hester panim, the hiding of the divine face. The phrase is dangerous, and...

Below is a clip of the rebbe talking to Bibi. The Rebbe told him, that 119 (MKs) will go against him, but he will succeed, because G-d is on this side. There have been times when Bibi didn’t follow what the Rebbe said. And...

In this week’s parshah, Lech Lecha, we read the story of the war of the four and the five kings. In this war a confederation of four kings from Mesopotamia comes and attacks five kings in the Jordan Valley. Included in the five...