by Rav Nachman Kahana on 17/05/2012
BS”D Parashat Be’chukotei (in Eretz Yisrael) 5772
Our parasha begins:
When you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit.
Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat bread in plenty and you will live secure in your land.
I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down and no one will cast their fear upon you. I will remove wild beasts from the land, and a (foreign) sword will not pass through your country.
After HaShem’s promise “and you will live secure in your land”, isn’t the following phrase, “I will grant peace in the land”, superfluous? [Read More...]
by Rav Nachman Kahana on 03/05/2012
BS”D Parashat Emor 5772
HALLEL ON YOM HA’ATZMAUT
No one is counting, but probably close to one million people in Eretz Yisrael recited Hallel on Yom Ha’atz’maut. No one is counting, but there are many who do not recite Hallel, and even some who recite tachanun (which is never said on even a semi-festival day) and even some who wear sackcloth to express their profound grief that the British mandate ended 64 years ago which deprived them of indulging in the pleasure of living under an Arab-Moslem government.
Too often, we complicate our lives with imaginary thoughts of what might happen, theories and philosophies, which taken together, lead to paralysis of action and mental stagnation, when in fact reality is so simple. I am referring specifically to those in the anti-Zionist chareidi world who tie themselves up in pseudo-Halachic knots and reach illogical conclusions, actions or inactions. [Read More...]
