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The Song At The Sea – The Moroccan Version By Amir Benayoun A Contemporary Israeli Singer

  Exodus 15  Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spoke, saying, “I will sing unto the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea. 2 The Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I

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The Secret for the Deepest Connection: Just Be There! – Parashat Beshalach

      Moses and the Children of Israel have just come out of one of the most bizarre events in their lives. On the one hand, they experienced extreme fear being chased by the Egyptian army, one of the strongest armies in the world, and on the other hand they faced the dramatic miracle of the splitting of the Red

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Faith in Man: Our answer to the lack of humanity “Then my people too will flourish And a generation shall arise In the land, shake off its chains And see light in every eye”.

  International Holocaust Remembrance Day I Believe Shaul Tchernichovsky Rejoice, rejoice now in the dreams I the dreamer am he who speaks Rejoice, for I’ll have faith in mankind For in mankind I believe. For my soul still yearns for freedom I’ve not sold it to a calf of gold For I shall yet have faith in mankind In its

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Outside or Inside? Parashat Bo: Being a Jew Everywhere!

If you want to learn about the essence of the Jewish People you should consider reading Parashat Bo. Two characteristics in defining something can be: 1-      Limits – What is inside and what is outside! 2-     How do you connect it with “others”? In this Torah portion we learn about the mitzvah (the commandment) of Mezuzah, which

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When Disney draws the Torah portion for you!

What do you think when you see these images? Sometimes we struggle to understand why to remove from our Seder Cup (Passover dinner) a drop of wine for each plague….Chaza’l our sages explain that one cannot be completely joyous when some of God’s creatures had to suffer.  We see the following images of destruction and pain and remain wondering  If only

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Parashat Shemot: A Few Simple, Short Thoughts, in Long Difficult Days.

The Torah Portion “Shemot” is first in the book of Exodus, which describes the transformation of the Children of Israel into a People. Here we “separate” of our Fathers and we “walk” into a different notion called WE. Because of this, for example, our memory of the Exodus refers to “us”. This Torah Portion presents one of the most important principles

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Va’yechi Time to Say Goodbye But Even More to Say Welcome!

“I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky” Would you like to know how it really happened!?  Read Parashat Vayechi, last in the book of Genesis and learn about our transformation from a Patriarchal society into the People of Israel.     There came a time when things changed. Behind were the days when we believed that the

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