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Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its ...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its ...

This week, we enter the Sefer Yayikra (Book of Leviticus) — and with it, one of the Torah’s most striking transitions. The dramatic narrative energy of Sefer Shemot (Book of Exodus) gives way to ...

In much of the Western world, happiness is often tied to comfort, convenience, and personal ease. In Israel, it is tied to belonging, purpose, and continuity. It is rooted in the knowledge that you ...

What was once a steady flow of oil and gas, fueling global economies, has become a flashpoint where geopolitics, security, and livelihoods collide. Iran’s recent attacks on energy infrastructure have ...

The first parsha of Vayikra (also called Vayikra) introduce the system of sacrifices, or korbanot. The Hebrew word for sacrifice, korban (קרבן), comes from the root ק־ר־ב, meaning “to come near.” A ...

Three weeks into the largest military campaign in the Middle East since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a conventional assumption continues to shape Western strategic thinking: that degrading Iran ...

For years, Israelis have comforted themselves with a familiar story: we may be small, but we know how to win in technology. We built a world-class cybersecurity sector, turned military experience into ...

Let’s short circuit the debate. God wrote the Torah. Not J. Not E. Not D. Not P. Not King Josiah or the priests who rediscovered Deuteronomy. Not multiple authors over a period of several centuries.

Every day when I have breakfast, I take three packs of sugar from the cafe back home. This way, I do not spend money buying sugar. It is a tradition, almost a superstition. I open the sugar container ...

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