I was listening to conservative talk radio. The host is technically of conservative Judaism, though his beliefs are very much in line with Orthodox Judaism. But, he defends the so called Noah's flood as strongly as any fundamentalist Christian. First of all, this...
By Yoram Getzler. Co-Host at IsraelSeen.Com The Akidah, is the section of the Hebrew scripture, the Torah in which our father Abraham is “told by God” to take his son; son of his old age (Abraham is 100...
Dr. Yitzhaq Hayut-Man. The name of the Parashah, VaYeRA has to do with sight and vision, and there are ten instances in this Parashah with matters of extraordinary visions, or of lack of sight leading to...
By Ariel Ben Avraham In previous commentaries we have insisted that there is not such a thing as the apparent conditionality of God’s Love, because all conditions exist on our behalf. We also have repeated that Love is its cause and effect, its instant reward, and in...
By Ariel-Ben-Avraham of Safed, IsraelReflecting on pain and weakness Immediately after posting my commentary on last week’s parshah (July 15), I underwent a quadruple by-pass operation at Rambam hospital in...
Today Ariel is having quadruple by-pass surgery and we pray for a quick recovery. Commentary by Ariel Ben Avraham of Safed, Israel. “I beseeched G-d at that time” (Deuteronomy 3:23). Moses fulfilled his...
Ratnermuseum.com This is a regular feature on IsraelSeen by Dr. Yitzkak Hayut-Man. An innovator, futurist, visionary and Bible scholar. I have the utmost respect for the man I consider a friend. He is...
Balaam, The Magician by Artist Phillip Ratner Commentary by Ariel Ben Avraham of Safed, Israel. I know Ariel through silence. 7 days we sat, listened and commented during a Jewish Silent Meditation retreat at...
Ratnermuseum.com This is a regular feature on IsraelSeen by Dr. Yitzkak Hayut-Man. An innovator, futurist, visionary and Bible scholar. I have the utmost respect for the man I consider a friend. He is...
This was the final email from Eli regarding his insights on the Torah/Bible. I have enjoyed his 25 years of friendship, partnership and collaboration with israelseen. We will all miss him dearly. Steve Ornstein But that’s the meaning of the term Adam (Man) from a...
For more from Eli Lasch go to israelseen By Dr. Eli Lasch The fifth and the first half of the sixth day follow exactly the accepted scheme of evolution. Having disengaged itself from rootedness life started moving: The first to be created were “the animals of the sea”,...
Author of Genesis and the Big Bang; in which he shares his discovery of harmony between modern science and the Bible. Dr. Gerald Schroeder Phd earned his doctorate in earth physics from the Massachusetts Institute...
By Dr. Rabbi Moshe Dror We are dealing with one of the classical patterns- that -connect of Judaism. The tradition of “Kudsha Brich Hu, Orayta, VeYisrael-Had Hu” ((Zohar; Vayikrah, 73) - God, Torah, and Israel are One. These connect the fundamental unity of the Judaic...
" To the next step. In the last chapter we have claimed that the creation of the luminaries symbolize the beginning of a new cycle – a cycle introducing consciousness and leading to self-consciousness, to human beings. How is that happening? It is fascinating to ...
" And the journey continues. Dr. Rabbi Moshe Dror continues to unpack the secrets in the Biblical texts. The correlation of Abraham’s journey with our cyber journey goes much further and deeper. In the narrative...