Mount sinai

Beyond the Headlines: Unity, Identity and the Torah Within

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news

|BySIVAN RAHAV MEIR
READING FROM the Torah in synagogue: Shavuot celebrates the giving of the Ten Commandments. These commandments, like the Torah, offer stories, insights, values and actions as ways in to God
‘Sefer HaMinhagim,’ or ‘Book of Customs’ was printed in Yiddish in Venice, 1601.

Living in the present: Counting the Omer with meaning

Albert Einstein wrote: 'There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle.'

|ByDAVID GEFFEN
Avigdor Liberman over a backdrop of the Gaza Strip.

Egypt to control Gaza: Avigdor Liberman reveals his 'day-after' plan in 'Post' exclusive

Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman shares his vision for Egypt's role in Trump's proposal to safely evacuate Gazans and secure a lasting peace.

|ByAVIGDOR LIBERMAN
Lightning is seen over Palmachim Beach.

Parashat Yitro: Hearing the silence, seeing the sound

Comprehension begins within us, including our understanding and encounter with God – the universal web that connects us to everything and everybody.

|ByMICHAEL M. COHEN

Shavuot: The voice of God in the revelation on Sinai

The revelation at Mount Sinai of the Torah remains a mystery as to what exactly happened and what exactly was heard.

MAY 13, 2021ByMICHAEL M. COHEN
MICHELANGELO’S ‘Creation of Adam’ – God as pure thought or reason?

Parashat Yitro: What preceded the receiving of the Torah?

The parasha is called Yitro because it begins with the story of Jethro coming to the Israelites’ encampment.

FEBRUARY 4, 2021ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
MOSES ON Mount Sinai as depicted by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1895.

Ancient Christian manuscripts digitized at monastery beneath Mount Sinai

The monastery lies at the foot of Mount Sinai, by tradition the site where Moses received the Ten Commandments.

APRIL 17, 2019ByREUTERS
Tourists watch the sunrise and pray outside a church on the summit of Mount Moses, near the city of Saint Catherine, in the Sinai Peninsula, south of Egypt, December 9, 2015

Novel Speech

Shvimer-Rothschild: "It is important for us to make our treatment accessible to people around the globe."

JANUARY 22, 2019ByDAVID LEVI REIN
Lilach Shvimer-Rothschild, Co-Founder and COO of NovoTalk.

Non-rabbinic intellectual understanding of the importance of God

JULY 3, 2016ByVLADIMIR MINKOV
The Jerusalem Post