The Tanach tells us much about Omri’s son Ahab, as he had dealings with Eliyahu. But what about Omri himself? The Tanach (Kings I, 16)

In Parshat Balak, Hashem tells Bilham that he can’t curse the Jewish people because they are blessed. Despite what some may think, the blessing Hashem

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Muhammad Deif, Donald Trump Who would have thought that the targeted assassination of Muhammad Deif would be eclipsed by the assassination attempt against Donald Trump?

We always lose when we lose our temper. In this week’s Torah portion, Bilaam makes a fool of himself when he loses his temper at

It took me two years to recover from the death of my father, of blessed memory. To this day, almost 20 years later, I am

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The beauty and elegance of Judaism lie in its masterful fusion of the rational and the irrational, creating a blended religious experience which both excites