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Apr 11, 2018, 12:09 PM

The Galut the Youth Do Not Know

We are living in truly amazing times. If one were to look back at history, he would not believe that so much could transpire over a seventy year period. The Jewish people not only survived the horrors of the...

Apr 2, 2018, 12:13 PM

Dennis Prager and Yom Tov Sheini

I truly admire Dennis Prager. He is a great representative of the Jewish people and is a very proud Jew. He emphasizes the importance of holding on to ethical values and strongly speaks out on behalf of the State...

Apr 1, 2018, 1:25 PM

Redemption then and Now

The Passover Hagadda asks the question as to why the Seder is held in the evening. The Tanna, Ben Zoma, explains that the extra word in the Torah , “Kol” teaches the Seder should be at night. The Rabbis...

Jan 28, 2018, 1:05 AM

I am proud to be a member of Shevet Moriah. We are high school graduates from the Class of 1971. We are all members of Bnei Akiva, a religious Zionist youth organization. We met in high school and we have...

Aug 5, 2017, 10:35 PM

Her Son-Not Your Son

It is well known in Jewish law that a child is Jewish if his mother is Jewish. This is known as "matrilineal descent." I will try to explain the basis for this law. There are two places in the Torah...

Jul 19, 2017, 8:53 AM

Many do not really understand the term, "Galut". We translate the word to mean, "exile", but its significance is far greater than we realize. During the period of the "three weeks", we are supposed to reflect on the curse...

May 2, 2017, 1:49 PM

G-d and the State of Israel

Rav Shmuel Eliyahu, chief rabbi of Tzfat,made an important point regarding Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israel Independence Day. We are to see the similarities between the redemption from Egypt and today. Every time there was an incident of strife in the desert...

May 1, 2017, 9:02 PM

The Miracle of the State of Israel

Years ago Rav Meir Kahane used to begin his lecture tour with the following opening statement: "Anyone who has witnessed the events since 1948 and does not see the Hand of G-d, is not a non-believer, is not a...

Mar 27, 2017, 9:26 AM

Pesach is definitely in the air with tonight being Rosh Chodesh Nissan. This is a holiday that tests one's commitment to Halacha. On the one hand, it is clearly a holiday of abundant Chumrot, stringencies, as it is only...

Mar 10, 2017, 5:03 PM

My Female Soldier

A great deal has been written and said recently that paints an unfair picture of religious girls serving in the IDF. I would like to set the record straight as the father of such a soldier. Our fourth daughter decided...

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About Me

Rabbi Cohen has been a Torah instructor at Machon Meir, Jerusalem, for nearly twenty years. He has been teaching a Talmud class in the Shtieblach, Old Katamon, Jerusalem, for the past twelve years. Before coming to Israel, he was the founding rabbi of Young Israel of Century City, Los Angeles.