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Aliza Lipkin

Jun 28, 2024, 12:11 PM

In past years, I pledged to mention something I love about Israel every day of the week of Parshat Shelach. This was an effort to do my part in making a tikkun (correction) for the sin of the biblical...

Jun 9, 2023, 1:28 PM

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For the love of Israel

Those spies didn't know how good the land would turn out to be! In an attempt to atone for their words, here are 7 reasons to praise Israel instead (Shelach)

Apr 5, 2022, 11:03 AM

A woman, a violin and an Eternal Oath

So regal, yet all alone in a field of wild grass Trying to move ahead as her downcast gaze fades behind her The road is long but beautiful She knows not where she is headed Carrying only violin and bow It is the music...

Jan 6, 2022, 9:46 PM

Silence assured

Rabbi Zev Leff is a highly respected teacher and lecturer who has taught in various seminaries and yeshivot in Israel. He recently gave a lecture about the Chaim Walder episode that I found to be extremely troubling. Many of the...

Jun 4, 2021, 1:00 PM

No more negativity: The beauty of Israel

It's that time of the year again! You know when you love so much it hurts? When only the light in your eyes and excitement in your voice can attest to the enormity of emotion that is larger than words....

Oct 20, 2020, 10:29 PM

Deconstructing the Tower of Babel

The accounting of what took place at the Tower of Babel is quite perplexing. However, many hints are strewn about in the preceding verses that can be pieced together to give one a clearer picture of this story that is...

Sep 28, 2020, 11:57 PM

In Search of the White Thread

After I completed the Neila prayer I opened my window hoping to hear the final shofar blast that completes the holy day of Yom Kippur. I knew there was a minyan being held across the street and was grateful...

Sep 18, 2020, 3:00 PM

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PHOTO ESSAY: May it be Your will, Lord

Word play makes our menu, as we move beyond 'apples in honey' to swiss chard, pomegranate, and black-eyed peas, with the puns we use to ask for God's blessing

Jun 12, 2020, 12:37 PM

A caravan of camels, the biblical spies, and me

For six days, I sang the praises of Israel, to help redeem the land from the slander against it in this week's Torah portion

About Me

Aliza Lipkin fufilled her biggest dream by making Aliya in 2003 from the US. She resides happily in a wonderful community in Maaleh Adumim with her family. She is a firm lover and believer in her country, her people and her G-d. Her mission is to try and live a moral and ethical life while spreading insights based on Torah values to bring people closer together and help build a stronger nation.