Miracles

Are there other lessons from October 7? - opinion

The October 7 massacre fell on 22 Tishrei – Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, two days that signify the highest joy: one completing the festival of Sukkot, the other our rejoicing in the Torah itself

Rabbi Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi delivers a torah lesson at Ateret Yisrael Yeshiva in Jerusalem, November 19, 2019.
Exodus from Egypt (Edward Poynter)

When miracles demand courage: A moral reading of Exodus for our time - opinion

That spiritual right to freedom will not always live hand in hand with physical or political liberty.

The power of personal freedom: Finding meaning and joy in a Passover during war - opinion

An Israeli family enjoys a "Seder" Pesach on the first night of the Jewish holiday of Pesach. April 22, 2024.

Parashat Tzav: True freedom begins in the mind, not in physical circumstance


Don't attempt to legitimize the Torah by explaining God’s power as science

Whether you believe in miracles or not, if you a materialist who does not believe in a God who manipulates the nature he created, please refrain from updating the miracles.

 Moses was a leader with humility, which is what we should be looking for today.

Netanyahu has a chance for personal and national redemption - opinion

Netanyahu, if you want to retire gracefully, you should announce your immediate retirement from politics, in exchange for having all charges against you dropped.

 ‘I KNOW that Benjamin Netanyahu is thinking hard about his probable retirement, and I’d like to help him reach a decision,’ says the writer.

The science behind the parting of the Red Sea

Tradition regards the biblical account of the Red Sea split as an accurate retelling of events, but scientists have tried to explain it in terns of nature.

"Pharaoh's army engulfed by the Red Sea," oil on canvas, by Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1900).

Miracles are just the norm in Israel - opinion

Addressing a popular secular Israeli society that was skeptical of calling events miraculous, David Ben-Gurion said, “A Jew who does not believe in miracles is not a realist."

 YOUTH DEMONSTRATE near the Knesset, last month. The flag reads: ‘For the unity: Youth march together.’ Don’t bet against Israel, it’s been counted out many times, and always bounced back strongly, says the writer.

Syrian baby born on day of earthquake brought mother 'back to life'

After going into labour during an earthquake, the new mother had to deal with aftershocks in a makeshift maternity ward.

 Rescuers carry 30-year-old survivor Omer Faruk Telbisoglu on a stretcher after he was rescued, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey February 10, 2023.

Parashat Bo: Living a ‘miracle’

During specific and rare occasions, God decided to make nature work according to other rules. This is what we call a miracle.

 TORAH DEALS only with the ‘why’: US Army chaplain examines one of hundreds of Torah scrolls stolen from all over Europe by Nazi forces, in Frankfurt, Germany, 1945.

Man saved by insulated suit after struck by lightning while fishing on beach

A man is lucky to be alive after he was struck by lightning while fishing with his friend

 A general view of Haifa Port on July 24.

Is surviving a terror attack a divine reward or punishment? - opinion

Everyone deals with trauma in a different way and it’s important for people to process their pain in a way that works for them.

 AN ISRAELI flag hangs as a religious man ponders at the scene of a terror attack at the entrance to Jerusalem, on November 23.

Celebrating modern miracles at Hanukkah

As Jewish people around the world mark the miraculous story of the Festival of Lights, three people relate their own wondrous experiences for the 21st century.

 Hanukkah candles (illustrative)

Hanukkah: One last taste of sovereignty

We know what sovereignty tastes like. For centuries, Hanukkah kept that taste alive. We never forgot how Jews were meant to live. Hanukkah would not let us forget. 

 BRONZE OIL lamp uncovered in excavations at the City of David, Jerusalem.