יום רביעי, א׳ אב תשפ״וWednesday, July 15, 2026
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How does resting the land work in modern-day Israel where, even during the other six years, many farm families live hand to mouth?
The story of the holiday is the story of the Jewish people, their Torah, and welcoming others into the tribe.
What if you find yourself at this point in your journey living alone? Strangely enough, our assignment has the potential of being the most exciting of all: piecing our life story together like an immense three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle.
“Happy are those who dwell in Your house.” — Psalm 84
“It is a testament to the members’ determination to not only carry on but to forge ahead despite the daunting work that lies ahead ... and just how important the moshav is for Klal Yisrael,” said Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman.
According to researcher David Bryfman, “the study sends a clear message that Jewish engagement doesn’t have to end at bar or bat mitzvah if you provide young people with programming they see as meaningful. If the Jewish youth organizations can provide that, the teens will be there.”
Not only does Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies host 7,000 teachers annually in its Jerusalem center, but its programs train thousands more in 50 countries. And it provides a full menu of online teacher resources, including survivor testimonies, photos, rare film footage and lesson plans in 20 languages, destined for classrooms around the globe.
Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, rabbi of the Kotel and the Holy Sites of Israel, argued that Israelis can’t run away in fear.
Posting ‘I support Israel’s right to defend herself’ on Facebook isn’t enough.
But in Israel, because food packagers have two very different markets to please (and Sephardim outnumber Ashkenazim), the traditional Ashkenazi approach can be challenging.
JERUSALEM – Since he was a kid growing up in the town of Kiryat Tivan, Roy Itzhaki would regularly see them in the street, on their way to work, in coffee houses, as free as anyone else in the village to live their lives.
July 10, 2026 
