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Allen S. Maller

May 15, 2025, 1:28 PM

Learning from Quran and Torah about Abraham’s 10 Trials

The descendants of Ishmael and the Descendants of Isaac both treasure their common ancestor Prophet Abraham, “whom God chose to be His friend. ” (Qur'an 4:125 & Isaiah 41:8) Abraham is the only person ever to be given this...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

May 13, 2025, 5:21 PM

The Omer connects us to Israeli agriculture

In Parshat Emor, we learn about the Omer offering. The mitzvah of the Omer takes place when the Jewish people are in the Land of Israel as we see in Vayikra 23:10: “Speak to B’nai Yisrael and say to...

Allen S. Maller

May 1, 2025, 9:33 AM

Did Two Rabbis Get a Jewish King to Not Destroy an Idol-Filled Kabah in Makkah?

Why did two Arabian Jewish rabbis save from destruction — at the hand of an Arabian Jewish king — a pagan-controlled sanctuary in Makkah when it was filled with idols? Keep in mind that idols are completely forbidden by...

Apr 28, 2025, 8:06 AM

Trending: Visiting the Temple Mount

The Dome of the Rock structure housing the location of the Holy of Holies. (Natan Huberman)

Not many go to the holy site, but so many more do than in the past that it's no longer an activist's specialty - and that's a real change

Andy Blumenthal

Apr 14, 2025, 6:44 AM

From Destruction to Rebirth

What we lost in the fire, we will find in the ashes. - The Magnificent Seven This theme is perhaps nowhere more prominent than in our recent history, where our people went from the gas chambers and ovens of the Holocaust...

Daniel B. Schwartz

Apr 6, 2025, 2:28 PM

The Seder is Tisha b’Av, But With Hallel and a Meal

A couple months after we made Aliyah, I was invited to join a weekly Talmud study group, a chabura. The one and a half to two hours every Friday morning spent learning with that close-knit group is a highlight...

Allen S. Maller

Apr 3, 2025, 10:14 PM

Prayers Answered for a Peaceful Al-Aqsa Mosque

Tens of thousands of Muslim worshipers prayed peacefully at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on the first Friday of Ramadan despite fears of unrest due to tensions over the Gaza war. The Islamic Waqf, which...

Apr 3, 2025, 4:22 AM

Going to Israel for Pesach? Don’t skip the most important place!

A group of religious Jews visitng Har Habayit.

Photo Credit: Ben Sandler

Many Jews from the diaspora will be visiting Israel this Pesach. It is a mitzvah to go up to Jerusalem on the Shalosh Regalim, the three major holidays of Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot. However, the majority of visitors will...

Mar 28, 2025, 5:17 PM

The Temple Mount is a ticking time bomb

Visitors to the Temple Mount on January 3, 2023. (Times of Israel/Jamal Awad/Flash90)

The battle for control over the Temple Mount is not solely to do with religion, but with power. We know that it has always been dangerous ground - politically, religiously, literally; all of the above - but such a...

Allen S. Maller

Mar 26, 2025, 12:42 PM

Prophet Isaiah’s hopeful visions are coming, so do not give up

For 27 centuries the message of Prophet Isaiah that in the future Messianic Age of worldwide peace would result in an idealistic visionary transformation of nature itself with even animal predators becoming vegetarians. Isaiah 11:6-9 states: “The wolf will live...

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