וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל הַגִּ֤ישׁוּ אֵלַי֙ אֶת־אֲגַג֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ עֲמָלֵ֔ק וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ אֵלָ֔יו אֲגַ֖ג מַעֲדַנֹּ֑ת וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲגָ֔ג אָכֵ֖ן סָ֥ר מַר־הַמָּֽוֶת          

Then said Samuel: ‘Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites.’ And Agag came unto him in chains. And Agag said: ‘Surely the bitterness of death is at hand.’

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר שִׁכְּלָ֤ה נָשִׁים֙ חַרְבֶּ֔ךָ כֵּן־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ל מִנָּשִׁ֖ים אִמֶּ֑ךָ וַיְשַׁסֵּ֨ף שְׁמוּאֵ֧ל אֶת־אֲגָ֛ג לִפְנֵ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה בַּגִּלְגָּֽל          

And Samuel said: As thy sword hath made women childless, So shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. 

I Samuel 15:32-33

Mar Morto

 

 

Dead Sea

 

Leo Strauss

 

 

 

"Leo Strauss on Nietzsche": A Conference at the University of Chicago (2019)

 

Eilat Mazar

 

 

Vida

 

 

 

A peacock opens its plumage at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve in Christchurch, New Zealand

 

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks zt"l

 

 

 

A Message from President Isaac Herzog to mark the First Yahrzeit of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt"l

 

“Mr. Shushani”

 

 

A page from the notebooks of "Mr. Shushani" 

 

“Mr. Shushani,” or “Monsieur Chouchani,” was a wanderer and scholar 

who counted Elie Wiesel and the philosopher Emmanuel Levinas among his students

 

Jónatas

 

 

"David and Jonathan", Rembrandt (c.1642)

 

 

עָקֹ֥ב הַלֵּ֛ב מִכֹּ֖ל וְאָנֻ֣שׁ ה֑וּא מִ֖י יֵדָעֶֽנּוּ

Most devious is the heart;
It is perverse—who can fathom it? 

Jeremiah 17:9

 

Sansão

 

 

"Samson Kills a Young Lion", Marc Chagall (1956)

 

Aristides de Sousa Mendes

 

 

(1940)

 

Vida

 

 

A kea at Fox Glacier township, South Island, New Zealand 

 

Ana

 

 

 

"Hannah and Samuel in the Temple", Rembrandt or his studio (c.1650)

 

Jerusalém

 

 

 

The Tower of David depicted in the Florence Scroll (14th-century)

 

Squirrel Hill

 

 

 

"Squirrel Hill, The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood"

Jan Grabowski

 

 

"Distorting and Denying the Holocaust: New Threats Ahead" 

 

Olho por olho

 

 

 

Interpreting "An Eye for an Eye", Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (1957)

 

הָל֤וֹךְ הָֽלְכוּ֙ הָעֵצִ֔ים לִמְשֹׁ֥חַ עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם מֶ֑לֶךְ וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ לַזַּ֖יִת (מלוכה) [מׇלְכָ֥ה] עָלֵֽינוּ  

The trees went out to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, Reign over us.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ הַזַּ֔יִת הֶחֳדַ֙לְתִּי֙ אֶת־דִּשְׁנִ֔י אֲשֶׁר־בִּ֛י יְכַבְּד֥וּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים וַאֲנָשִׁ֑ים וְהָ֣לַכְתִּ֔י לָנ֖וּעַ עַל־הָעֵצִֽים  

But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honour God and man, and go to hold sway over the trees?

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ הָעֵצִ֖ים לַתְּאֵנָ֑ה לְכִי־אַ֖תְּ מׇלְכִ֥י עָלֵֽינוּ  

And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ הַתְּאֵנָ֔ה הֶחֳדַ֙לְתִּי֙ אֶת־מׇתְקִ֔י וְאֶת־תְּנוּבָתִ֖י הַטּוֹבָ֑ה וְהָ֣לַכְתִּ֔י לָנ֖וּעַ עַל־הָֽעֵצִֽים  

But the fig tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to hold sway over the trees?

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ הָעֵצִ֖ים לַגָּ֑פֶן לְכִי־אַ֖תְּ (מלוכי) [מָלְכִ֥י] עָלֵֽינוּ  

Then said the trees to the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ הַגֶּ֔פֶן הֶחֳדַ֙לְתִּי֙ אֶת־תִּ֣ירוֹשִׁ֔י הַֽמְשַׂמֵּ֥חַ אֱלֹהִ֖ים וַאֲנָשִׁ֑ים וְהָ֣לַכְתִּ֔י לָנ֖וּעַ עַל־הָעֵצִֽים  

And the vine said to them, Should I leave my wine, which cheers God and man, and go to hold sway over the trees?

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ כׇל־הָעֵצִ֖ים אֶל־הָאָטָ֑ד לֵ֥ךְ אַתָּ֖ה מְלׇךְ־עָלֵֽינוּ  

Then said all the trees to the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הָאָטָד֮ אֶל־הָעֵצִים֒ אִ֡ם בֶּאֱמֶ֣ת אַתֶּם֩ מֹשְׁחִ֨ים אֹתִ֤י לְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙ עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם בֹּ֖אוּ חֲס֣וּ בְצִלִּ֑י וְאִם־אַ֕יִן תֵּ֤צֵא אֵשׁ֙ מִן־הָ֣אָטָ֔ד וְתֹאכַ֖ל אֶת־אַרְזֵ֥י הַלְּבָנֽוֹן  

And the bramble said to the trees, If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, fire will issue from the bramble, and devour the cedars of Levanon.  

Judges 9:8-15

 

Vida

 

 

Niala

 

J. Robert Oppenheimer

 

 

Interview by Edward R. Murrow

Morte

 

 

 

 "Is There Life After Death", Rabbi David Wolpe - Yom Kippur Day Sermon

 

Man Ray

 

 

"Man Ray in Paris" (1934)

 

Rembrandt

 

 

"Jacob's Ladder" (1655)

 

Chaim Grade

 

 

 

"My Quarrel with Hersh Rasseyner" by Chaim Grade: Prof. Ruth Wisse and Dr. Asael Abelman

 

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

 

 

 

"Secular Zionism, Western Liberalism and the State of Israel" (1970)

 

Vida

 

 

 

A drone photo shows a flock of sheep on their way back to the warmer places in the Catak district of Turkey’s southeastern province Van.

Flocks of sheep are brought down from highlands to stockyards before winter season.