Printing Press Religion – Reformation Religious Wars 100 years – France 1562 – 1598 and 30 years war. 1648 Treaty of Westphalia 21st century – information technology revolution – globalization of communications, empowerment of crowds by social media overthrow of established authority and arab spring – proliferation of wars – end of Westphalian Order (Kissinger) War of the Faithful against everyone else Dualism – us and them […]
(י) וְקִדַּשְׁתֶּם אֵת שְׁנַת הַחֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּקְרָאתֶם דְּרוֹר בָּאָרֶץ לְכָל יֹשְׁבֶיהָ יוֹבֵל הִוא תִּהְיֶה לָכֶם וְשַׁבְתֶּם אִישׁ אֶל אֲחֻזָּתוֹ וְאִישׁ אֶל מִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ תָּשֻׁבוּ: ( ויקרא פרק כה) You shall sanctify the fiftieth year and declare liberty throughout the land to all of its inhabitants. This will be a Jubilee to you and each man shall return to his inheritance and each man to his family to dwell with. […]
“Take any action allowed to be vicious; willful murder, for instance. Examine it in all lights, and see if you can find that matter of fact, or real existence, which you call “vice.” In whichever way you take it, you find only certain passions, motives, volitions, and thoughts. There is no other matter of fact in the case… …In every system of morality which I have hitherto met […]
Beyond Wit and Grit: Rethinking the Keys to Success Links: Multiple Intelligence Institute MI Oasis 8 Intelligences – Theory of Multiple Intelligences Explained – Dr. Howard Gardner Howard Gardner Frames of Mind -Theory of Multiple Intelligences –
וּבְשׁוּב צַדִּיק מִצִּדְקָתוֹ “היות הצורך הגדול בתורה שבעל פה הכוללת מסורת אבות וקבלות קדמוניות, שתהיה מיוחדת בדרכה, מסוגלת וניכרת הרבה לא בלבד בזכרון שמות מקבליה, כי אם עוד יותר בסגנון ולשון ואופן המסירה שלה מימי קדם, שכל אלו סימנים מובהקים שהיא היא בעיקרה המסורה באמונה מאבות לבנים. ועל כן בסתימתן משנה אחת כוללת, בחרו החכמים הנזכרים בהנחת הקשורים הקודמים בהויתם ובלשונם, ולהביא בהם האחדות והשווי, והברור והסדר כפי […]
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Rashi and the Ibn Ezra Sanhedrin 32a, Part 1 Sanhedrin 32a, Part 2 Introduction to Rashi part 1 Introduction to Rashi part 2 Sources from this Shir in PDF form. Click here Rashi – Peshuto Shel Mikra 6 2nd-1
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President Putin Told Rav Yitzchak Yosef Why The Jews Have Survived While All Others Have Vanished (Friday, June 24th, 2016 09:30 AM) 10 SHARES Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedInShare to Email Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Shlita during a recent shiur explained to participants that a period of time ago, he attended a rabbinical conference in Moscow. He stated he was asked to give a shiur, […]
Click here for the first decoding of hieroglyphics and the discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen. This is one of the great discoveries in Egyptian Archeology.
