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Sam Lehman-Wilzig

May 21, 2026, 10:37 AM

Should We Change the Torah Reading Cycle (Again)?

What does the holiday of Shavuot (Pentecost) symbolize? There’s no clear answer because its “meaning” has undergone change over time. The Israelites received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai, and we commemorate this on Shavuot based on counting the...

May 8, 2026, 11:17 AM

The Torah teaches us about the laws of the “Yovel,” the jubilee year that takes place every fifty years. The verse related to Yovel, appears on the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. “And you shall proclaim liberty throughout the land,...

Apr 20, 2026, 3:08 PM

The Iran War & Artemis II: The Spiritual Dimension

With Earth setting in the background, humanity and the crew of Artemis II see portions of the far side of the Moon for the first time. (NASA, public domain)

The current war in Iran and the launch of Artemis II to the Moon have spiritual dimensions that are overlooked by world media, but which have profound significance that Hashem would not have us be ignorant of. That they...

May 26, 2025, 11:08 PM

Behar-Bechukotai: A Temporal Utopia

'Green Covered Land Under Blue Sky' by Sitraka (2019) via Unsplash

Behar-Bechoukotai begins with the first mention of shemitah, the sabbatical year, G-d telling the Jewish people via Moshe that ‘שבתה הארץ שבת לה, ‘the land Within this framework, G-d commands that the shemitah year be ‘a year of complete...

Ruthie Hollander

May 21, 2025, 9:40 PM

My Father’s Sabbatical Years

My father and my daughter walking together.

My family always loved sabbatical years. They meant that my father — who does research in pure mathematics — was more available to take us on trips and go on adventures. Without a teaching schedule or the need to...

Jan 23, 2025, 12:21 PM

Asteroid Apophis and its End-Time Message

Asteroid approaching Earth.
(Wikimedia Commons. Image by Kevin M. Gill.)[1]

Personal Disclaimer I don’t normally preface an article with a disclaimer, but in this case I feel I need to. I have been a fan of space exploration since I was a kid, and it’s something I still follow very...

Eden Rainah Gribov

Oct 9, 2024, 10:12 PM

A Journey into Organic Farming: My Visit to Ben’s Farm

Have you ever wondered what it takes to grow the food that ends up on your plate? I recently had the chance to find out firsthand when I visited Ben’s Farm, a small yet remarkable organic farm in Moshav...

May 19, 2024, 8:15 AM

Are we all truly equal? We all know someone smarter, wiser, more capable, industrious, resourceful, or creative, than us. We also know people less wise, capable, industrious, resourceful, or creative than us. So, are we truly equal? The answer is...

May 1, 2024, 8:12 PM

The Sh’mittah Year of Grief

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My beautiful daughter Batsheva Chaya Stadlan a”h died almost seven years ago. It is hard to believe that so much time has passed as my memory can access the day she left this world for the next with great...

Mar 28, 2024, 9:27 AM

The Harvest Brigade? Guardians of the Garden?

The Harvest Brigade? Or possibly Guardians of the Garden? While brainstorming, these two names came to mind as possibilities for the new unit. I was thinking that the symbol for the unit would be the flame of the ever-turning...

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