2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (88+ words) Israel National News is stopping its round-the-clock news updates at this time in honor of the start of Shabbat and Rosh Hashanah in North America, where they are being written now.Updates will resume Sunday night from Israel, following the…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (275+ words) Fascinatingly, the word “doubt" does not appear in the Torah because, even in the most challenging circumstances, God’s presence is never absent. This is one of the central messages of Rosh Hashanah, reflected in King Avimelech’s observation about Abraham in…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (537+ words) Rabbi Chaim Drukman was a venerable spiritual leader of political religious Zionism and a close student of Rav Tzvi Yehuda Kook zts"l. Both were founders of the settler movement who coined the term Gush Emunim. Rabbi Drukman influenced the country’s…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1079+ words) For many years, it has become customary to sound the shofar every day during the month of Elul, at the conclusion of the morning prayers. This custom has become firmly established throughout the Jewish world and is practiced by both…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1802+ words) HaRav Shmuel Eliahu is the Chief Rabbi of Tzfat In Parashat Shoftim, the laws of war are set forth. In other portions as well, the Torah teaches us these laws. The first of them is to remember that Hashem, Who…...