The Real Reason The Beit HaMikdash Was Destroyed by Ariel Natan Pasko “Any generation in which the Beit HaMikdash [the Temple] was not rebuilt in their days, it’s considered as if they destroyed it,” (Talmud Yerushalmi Yoma 5a). If we’re responsible, we need to ask, what’s the real reason the Beit HaMikdash […]
Needed: More Daughters of Zelophehad in Israel Today By Ariel Natan Pasko In this week’s Torah reading, Parshat Pinchas, we find some uppity Jewish women. Some say, the first Jewish feminists. But what did they demand? That they be treated equally in inheriting a part of Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel), […]
Balak: The Blessing of Isolation for Israel By Ariel Natan Pasko “Hen Am L’Vadad Y’Shkone…” (from the root BaDaD*). “Behold, it is a nation that shall dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations.” *More on this later. And so, Balaam’s attempted curse comes out of his foul mouth, as one […]
Korah: Democracy or Divine Aristocracy for Israel? By Ariel Natan Pasko Winston Churchill said, that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time…” implying that they were even worse (speech in the House of Commons, 1947, quoting an unknown […]
BLM and Black Nazis are Evil Like White Nazis By Ariel Natan Pasko I’m color blind, I don’t look at the color of someone’s skin, but the content of their character, including their speech and actions; and let me tell you, Black Jew-hating Nazis are just as bad as White Jew-hating Nazis. It started […]
The God of Israel’s Hand in Nature and History By Ariel Natan Pasko Just recently, the Jewish people experienced the Revelation of God at Mount Sinai, AGAIN! The holiday of Shavuot just occurred. Jewish holidays are called a Moed, a private appointment time with the God of Israel, the God of their […]
Shir HaMa’alot: 15 Steps to Extending Israeli Sovereignty to Judea and Samaria By Ariel Natan Pasko There’s been a lot of talk lately about extending Israeli sovereignty to Judea and Samaria, talk long winded, but short on practical policy ideas. In honor of Jerusalem Day, celebrating the miraculous victory in the 1967 Six-Day War, […]
Behar-Bechukotai: Jews living outside Eretz Yisrael? By Ariel Natan Pasko This past Shabbat’s Torah reading, Behar-Bechukotai, has three major concepts, that relate directly to events of the day, and without delving deeper into them, they might be completely missed. PM Netanyahu in forming his new government coalition, has conditioned participation on full […]
Jewish Settlers for Sanders, Go Bernie Go! By Ariel Natan Pasko I’ve heard “some people” talk about starting a “Jewish Settlers for Bernie” or “Settlers for Sanders” group in Israel. All those Jewish American citizens living in Judea and Samaria and elsewhere in Israel (according to the Palestinians, all Jews in Israel […]
Tu BiShvat: Israel’s Green Day and The Hydroponics Revolution By Ariel Natan Pasko Tu BiShvat (the 15th of Shevat – this year Feb. 10th) is the Jewish New Year of the Trees. Its the date used for calculating the beginning of the agricultural cycle, for the purpose of biblical tithes, and has become […]
