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“If a bird’s nest chances before you on the road, on any tree, or on the ground, and [it contains] fledglings or eggs, if the mother is sitting upon the fledglings or upon the eggs, you shall not take the mother upon the young. You shall send away the mother, and [then] you may take … More Ki Seitzei – The Nesting Instinct

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Rav Hirsch challenges those who explain תקיעת כף  as clapping of hands, but rather it means clasping hands. The act of shaking or holding someone else’s hand is a highly significant one. The hand is usually an instrument for acquiring items for making items. When we put our hand into the hand of another person, … More A Special Handshake

  One of the signs of Churban on the Temple Mount today is the large number of trees that have been planted there. In fact, there are those who claim that this is done in order to aggravate the Jews who have a strict prohibition of planting trees on Har Habayis. Whether or not they … More Shoftim – A Tree Free Zone

כל העמים תקעו כף All peoples, clap hands; shout to G-d with a voice of praise   Most translations follow the commentaries[1] who translated תקעו כף as  the clapping of hands. Rashi however, says it is sound of those who gather together to serve Hashem with the voice of song. The Radak interprets this pasuk … More Clap Your Hands

This chapter of תהילים takes us to the essence of the message  of Rosh Hashana and tekiyas shofar as it set in a world that is yet to be, the perfected world of the Messianic era , following the war of God and Magog[1] . This is the moment we have been waiting for, when … More The Song of Destiny

As we start the month of Elul we embark on a journey that will take us to the clarity of purpose of Rosh Hashana, followed by ten days of introspection and closeness  to Hashem culminating in Yom Kippur when we literally rise above our bodies for 25 hours. We then re -enter the physical world … More Intro to Elul