Esperança

 

 

 

"Weeping in the Evening": Sermon by Rabbi David Wolpe

 

Vida

 

 

A Grey Crowned Crane

 

Douglas Murray

 

 

"Politics of Intimidation" (Part 2)

 

Islão

 

 

 

 "I ended up in Hamas without Knowing I was in Hamas", Ed Husain 

 

רַבִּי חִיָּיא בַּר אַבָּא חֲלַשׁ. עָל לְגַבֵּיהּ רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן אֲמַר לֵיהּ: חֲבִיבִין עָלֶיךָ יִסּוּרִין? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לֹא הֵן וְלֹא שְׂכָרָן. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: הַב לִי יְדָךְ. יְהַב לֵיהּ יְדֵיהּ, וְאוֹקְמֵיהּ.

 

The Gemara continues to address the issue of suffering and affliction: Rabbi Yoḥanan’s student, Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Abba, fell ill. Rabbi Yoḥanan entered to visit him, and said to him: Is your suffering dear to you? Do you desire to be ill and afflicted? Rabbi Ḥiyya said to him: I welcome neither this suffering nor its reward, as one who welcomes this suffering with love is rewarded. Rabbi Yoḥanan said to him: Give me your hand. Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Abba gave him his hand, and Rabbi Yoḥanan stood him up and restored him to health.

רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן חֲלַשׁ. עָל לְגַבֵּיהּ רַבִּי חֲנִינָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: חֲבִיבִין עָלֶיךָ יִסּוּרִין? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לֹא הֵן וְלֹא שְׂכָרָן. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: הַב לִי יְדָךְ. יְהַב לֵיהּ יְדֵיהּ, וְאוֹקְמֵיהּ.

 

Similarly, Rabbi Yoḥanan fell ill. Rabbi Ḥanina entered to visit him, and said to him: Is your suffering dear to you? Rabbi Yoḥanan said to him: I welcome neither this suffering nor its reward. Rabbi Ḥanina said to him: Give me your hand. He gave him his hand, and Rabbi Ḥanina stood him up and restored him to health.

אַמַּאי, לוֹקִים רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן לְנַפְשֵׁיהּ?

 

The Gemara asks: Why did Rabbi Yoḥanan wait for Rabbi Ḥanina to restore him to health? If he was able to heal his student, let Rabbi Yoḥanan stand himself up.

אָמְרִי: אֵין חָבוּשׁ מַתִּיר עַצְמוֹ מִבֵּית הָאֲסוּרִים.

 

The Gemara answers, they say: A prisoner cannot generally free himself from prison, but depends on others to release him from his shackles.

Berakhot 5b, 10-13

 

Coração

 

 

 

"The Wholeness of a Broken Heart", Rabbi Mychal Springer

 

Purim!

 

 

 

Haviv Rettig Gur

 

 

"The Gathering Storm"

 

Vida

 

 

 

A rare black leopard deep in the forest of India’s Tadoba-Andhari tiger reserve

 

Chevra Kadisha

 

 

 

"The Men's Chevra Kadisha: How we care for the deceased" 

 

וְשָׁפַ֗ט בֵּ֚ין עַמִּ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים וְהוֹכִ֛יחַ לְגוֹיִ֥ם עֲצֻמִ֖ים עַד־רָח֑וֹק וְכִתְּת֨וּ חַרְבֹתֵיהֶ֜ם לְאִתִּ֗ים וַחֲנִיתֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ לְמַזְמֵר֔וֹת לֹֽא־יִשְׂא֞וּ גּ֤וֹי אֶל־גּוֹי֙ חֶ֔רֶב וְלֹא־יִלְמְד֥וּן ע֖וֹד מִלְחָמָֽה

 

Thus [God] will judge among the many peoples,
And arbitrate for the multitude of nations,
However distant;
And they shall beat their swords into plowshares
And their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation shall not take up
Sword against nation;
They shall never again know war;

וְיָשְׁב֗וּ אִ֣ישׁ תַּ֧חַת גַּפְנ֛וֹ וְתַ֥חַת תְּאֵנָת֖וֹ וְאֵ֣ין מַחֲרִ֑יד כִּי־פִ֛י יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת דִּבֵּֽר

 

But every family shall sit
Under its own vine and fig tree
With no one to disturb them.
For it was GOD of Hosts who spoke.

כִּ֚י כׇּל־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים יֵלְכ֕וּ אִ֖ישׁ בְּשֵׁ֣ם אֱלֹהָ֑יו וַאֲנַ֗חְנוּ נֵלֵ֛ךְ בְּשֵׁם־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ לְעוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד

 

Though all the peoples walk
Each in the names of its gods,
We will walk
In the name of the ETERNAL our God
Forever and ever.

Micah 4:3-5

 

Antissemitismo

 

 

 

"Twenty-Three Centuries of Antisemitism:", Rabbi David Wolpe 

 

Porto

 

 

"Discovering the truth about Porto's Jewish heritage"

 

Israel

 

 

 

"The Great Misinterpretation: How Palestinians view Israel", Haviv Rettig Gur

 

Navalny

 

 

"My Letters to Navalny: Soviet Refusenik Natan Sharansky"

 

Vida

 

 

Arctic fox

Righteous among the Nations

 

 

 

"In the Garden of the Righteous: The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust", Richard Hurowitz 

 

Ishay Ribo

 

 

 "Halev Sheli" ("הלב שלי")

Micah Goodman

 

 

"If Israel leaves the West Bank its existence is at stake"

Pogroms

 

 

 

"In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust", Jeffrey Veidlinger (2021)

 

Douglas Murray

 

 

"Why the West Won't Fight for Itself"

 

Morte

 

 

"Jewish Mourning Rituals: Caring for the Body"

 

Vida

 

 

 

An Amur leopard and her three cubs are seen in a camera trap image

Rangers from Suiyang Bureau of the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park found the image

 

Liberdade

 

 

"What It Means to Choose Freedom", Bari Weiss