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בס״ד ברוכים הבאים לערוץ הרשמי של הרב אברהם ענף שליט״א, ראש כולל ואד יעלה ורב קהילת בית אל רעננה. הערוץ נועד להפיץ תורה, חיזוק ויראת שמיים בצורה הבהירה, המחברת והעמוקה שהרב ידוע בה. מה תמצאו כאן? דברי תורה ופרשת השבוע עם חידושים בהירים ונגישים לכל רמה. שיעורי תורה יומיים בנושאי אמונה, מוסר, מידות טובות ועבודת השם. הלכה למעשה על פי ...

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This week, for Palm Sunday, we are juxtaposing two texts, set less than a week apart, but with a veritable eternity between them: Jesus’s celebrated entry into Jerusalem in John 12:12-27, and his crucifixion later that same week, in John 19:16b-22. Both texts are powerful, but the juxtaposition of them holds them each in new light. We feel the jubilant joy and hope in John 12, but we notice now that this joyful text also pulls in the specific encouragement that we mustn’t be afraid. We notice how the idea of kingship floats atop both texts, once in the mouths of Jesus’s followers, once...

Sins and violations are not always treated equally in the Torah and that can seem arbitrary. Wouldn’t it make more sense for sins to be treated in the same way?As always, the Rambam helps us understand and lends a lesson for our lives.

In this episode, we explore the mysterious Aramaic Testament of Levi, one of the oldest non-biblical Jewish texts ever discovered. Preserved in fragments among the Dead Sea Scrolls, this ancient work reveals a forgotten vision of priesthood rooted not in the Jerusalem Temple, but in the patriarch Levi himself. Through Levi’s instruction, we uncover a world of sacred sacrifices, a solar calendar shared with the Book of Enoch, and a bold challenge to the authority of the Jerusalem priesthood. Along the way, we step into the mystical worldview of the Essenes, where fallen angels, cosmic ...

Is Israel destined to have its wars stopped by its closest ally just before the finish line? In this episode, Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi examine the rumors of a potential negotiation to end the current conflict with Iran and ask whether this moment reflects a recurring pattern in the U.S.-Israel relationship. They explore America’s role in pressing for de-escalation at pivotal moments in Israeli military campaigns and what that pressure means for Israel’s long-term security. Watch the video version of our podcast on our YouTube channel. Past episodes of this ...

In this episode of Jewish Crossroads, Tamar Ish Shalom sits down with Iranian-American author and journalist Roya Hakakian, a leading voice on Iran, exile, and the lived experience of life under the Islamic Republic.Born into a Jewish family in Tehran, Hakakian left Iran at 19 in the years following the revolution, carrying with her both the memory of a vanished world and a deep understanding of the regime that replaced it. Her work, spanning memoir, journalism, and political analysis, has consistently illuminated the human realities behind Iran’s ideological machinery, tracing not only the ...

Jew-ish: Where Everyone Belongs, is a podcast from Jews for NJ, an initiative of Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey, hosted by Daniel Herz. This isn’t just a podcast about Jewish life. It’s a place for real conversations about what our community is going through right now. The joyful moments, the complicated questions, the disagreements, and the hardships we face together. Each episode features voices from across the community sharing stories, perspectives, and experiences that shape what it means to be Jewish today. Some conversations are uplifting. Others are difficult. All of them...

Discover the Jesus who has been pursuing you since before time! Join an unforgettable journey through the birth, ministry, and death of the Messiah as found in the Old and New Testaments, and have your own life transforming experience. When reading the Bible we often miss essential details that...

In remembrance of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the Nazi concentration camps, this award-winning, bestselling work of Holocaust fiction, inspiration for the classic film and “masterful account of the growth of the human soul” (Los Angeles Times Book Review), returns...

The ups and downs of the economy prove Rabbi Daniel Lapin's famous principle that the more things change, the more we need to depend upon the things that never change. There's no better source for both practical and spiritual financial wisdom than the time-tested knowledge found in the ancient Jewish faith and its culture. In the second edition of Thou Shall Prosper, Lapin offers a practical approach to creating wealth based on the established principles of ancient Jewish wisdom.

From National Jewish Book Award Winner and author of Israel, a bold reevaluation of the tensions between American and Israeli Jews that reimagines the past, present, and future of Jewish life. Relations between the American Jewish community and Israel are at an all-time nadir. Since Israel’s...

Whether complete or only fragmentary, the 930 extant Dead Sea Scrolls irrevocably altered how we look at and understand the foundations of faith and religious practice. Now you can get a comprehensive introduction to this unique series of archaeological documents, and to scholars' evolving understanding of their authorship and significance, with these 24 lectures. Learn what the scrolls are, what they contain, and how the insights they offered into religious and ancient history came into focus.

The Forgiveness Experiment is Rabbi Yisroel Bernath’s personal and practical journey into the messy, sacred work of letting go. Blending ancient Jewish wisdom with modern therapeutic tools, Rabbi Bernath walks you through the inner terrain of anger, shame, grief, and grace—with plenty of stories, soul, and a touch of humor along the way.

Introduction This volume is the distilled fruit of several hundred hours of concentrated research, textual comparison, and sustained prayer. It offers a disciplined, spiritually sober exploration of Enochic literature set alongside the canonical witness, designed to equip serious students of Scripture for faithful ministry and careful theological reflection. Scripture alone governs doctrine, yet historically attested extra‑biblical writings can illuminate the cultural, theological, and angelological horizons that shaped the biblical authors. The aim is twofold: to provide rigorous ...

A masterly analysis of the Book of Leviticus, the newest volume in the award-winning series of commentaries on the Hebrew Bible by “a celebrated biblical scholar, keen on weaving together traditional Jewish exegesis, psychoanalysis, and postmodern criticism” (The New York Times Book Review)...

Read by the author. What does it mean to be faithful disciples in a violent and unjust world? Habakkuk described an era of rampant moral and social evil among his own people, and a vision of the rapid rise of the Babylonian empire under Nebuchadnezzar. The world he described is familiar in so...

This book defines and exposes modern anti-semitism. It shows how the scourge of Jew-hatred is as virulent as it ever was, and how modern anti-semites hide their hate behind the pretexts of "human rights" and "international law".

In August 1939, just days before World War II broke out in Europe, a Jewish man in Vienna named Alfred Berger mailed a desperate letter to a stranger in America who shared his last name. Decades later, journalist Faris Cassell stumbled upon the stunning letter and became determined to uncover the story behind it. How did the American Bergers respond? Did Alfred and his family escape Nazi Germany?