by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Nov 8, 2016
There are many ways one can create a chillul HaShem, such as a religious person who is found to be corrupt or even impolite behavior by a person who is noticeably Jewish.
The Book of Samuel 1 chapter 17 records that the Jewish and Philistine armies were facing each other in the Valley of Elah, south of the present city of Bet Shemesh.
For a period of 40 days and 40 nights, whenever the Jews would recite Kri’at Shema, Goliath would advance to “no man’s land” and curse the Jewish God and His nation Yisrael.
We too are witnessing an ongoing chillul HaShem that makes the absurd declarations of UNESCO pale before it.
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Nov 1, 2016
There are two sequential verses in this week’s parasha (chapter 6:10-11) without any apparent connection.
And Noach bore three sons: Shem, Cham and Yefet: And the land (society) became corrupt before the Lord and the land was filled with thievery (deception).
Why does the verse dealing with the corrupt state of society appear adjacent to the verse informing us of Noach’s three sons?
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Oct 24, 2016
In the interim between the last weekly message and today’s, we witnessed the erasure, obliteration and elimination of 4000 years of Jewish and world history.
UNESCO, after bringing forth overwhelming scientific proof and historical evidence, has determined that the Jewish nation has no connection to the Temple Mount. They claim that there never was a Temple – not of King Solomon, not the second Temple of Ezra and not the grandiose Temple of Herod that stood 100 amot tall (equal to the height of a building of 25 stories) and not made of glass and aluminum but of stones the likes of which we can see at the Kotel.
What’s behind all this? Where is HaShem taking the world?
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Oct 11, 2016
Medinat Yisrael has many soubriquets: Start-up Nation; Originative Nation, Productive, Imaginative, Innovative, Inspiring Nation. All are correct to a degree, but none succeed in conveying the essence of the Medina and its universal game-changing mission. Therefore, I suggest the soubriquet – The Sling-Shot Nation. Why?
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Sep 27, 2016
The fleeting moments just before Yom HaDin – the day of judgment, is our final opportunity of this year to make a reckoning of what we have or have not done properly in the eyes of HaShem.
Just as Hashem is infinite so too are the depths of understanding necessary in order to grasp His motives and actions; nevertheless, there are several basic concepts which can lead one along the path of understanding.
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Sep 19, 2016
Our parsha begins with the mitzva of “bikurim” – a landowner who grew any one of the seven species of flora which are indigenous to Eretz Yisrael: wheat, barley, grape, fig, pomegranate, olive or date, must bring a sampling of the first growth to the Bet Mikdash (holy temple in Jerusalem) starting after the holiday of Shavuot.
The landowner declares his recognition and thanks to HaShem for the bountiful blessings he received as an owner of land in Eretz Yisrael and presents the fruit to a Kohen who places it near the altar.
