Tag: Book of Numbers
True Blue Jews
Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai to discuss the magic of blessing God and even blessing Israel's leaders.
Tens of Thousands Attend Kotel Priestly Blessing
The momentous event has occasionally been greeted with rocks thrown down from the Temple Mount by the current masters of the holy site.
The Soul of Israel: The Journey That Never Ends [audio]
This week we will finish up the book of Numbers, which reminds us of all the journeys we have walked, and will continue to walk. This week on The Soul of Israel Shlomo Katz and Ari Abramowitz discuss the question, how does one learn to walk the streets of the world?
Wicked Wizards and Talkback Donkeys
This week, a "Spiritual Cafe" hour-long special: The Torah shifts its camera angle from a story about the Jewish people to the perspective of other nations who are afraid of Israel and their God. After realizing that physical weapons are futile, the evil King Balak hires the wicked wizard Balaam to curse the Jews - will he succeed? Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai for an in-depth discussion of this epic struggle between blessings and curses and trails the Biblical narrative which includes a wise-ass she-donkey who talks back to her master, a Godly angel with a drawn battle sword, and ill-advised Jewish forays into licentiousness and even fecal idolatry. Don't miss the drama!
The Power of Zealots
Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Yishai to discuss Pinchas and other biblical figures.
Though a zealot who killed the immoral Zimri, unlike most zealots, Pinchas was completely in line with God’s will. The daughters of Zelaphchad, five righteous biblical women, were zealous for the land of Israel, and they were rewarded for it.
Securing the Mount of Olives and Understanding ‘Balak’
Yishai hosts ZOA Israel Director Jeff Daube, International Committee for the Preservation of Har HaZeitim (ICPHH) chair Abe Lubinsky, committee volunteer Dr. Paul Rosenstock and Rabbi Mike Feuer.Daube, Lubinsky and Rosenstock discuss the work of the ICPHH, dedicated to stopping the defilement of Judaism’s oldest and holiest cemetery, with more than 150,000 graves. Through neglect on the part of Israeli authorities and acts of anti-Semitism, it has been desecrated and its visitors and mourners attacked. Then, Yishai is joined by Rabbi Mike Feuer to delve into this week’s Torah portion, Balak, where curses are transformed into blessings.
The Gift Of Opportunity Is Not Limitless
The story of the spies, in this week's Torah portion, is viewed as an episode revealing the Jews' basic lack of faith in God.
