G. Mhillel, recovered by Yojanan Cohen. We lit the bonfire, the first bonfire in the colony. Tongues of fire rise and illuminate our surroundings. In the bonfire, we warm our spirits. At this moment we will remember the fire which was set two times in the Temple of Jerusalem and symbolized our two exiles from […]
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Sam Mesguich, Rosh Jinuj Hanoar Hatzioni B’Bélgica Lag Baomer is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the 15th of Iyar, the 33rd day of the Omer, a calendar separating Pessah from Shavuot. There are different ways of celebrating it. The important aspect of this holiday is that it should mark a separating point between the period
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Romi Morales There is no doubt that love is one of the most intense and important feelings that human beings can experience. Everyone, by nature, needs love. We may take as an example a baby, who is not independent until after having several years of life. If it were not for love (which is shown
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Debora Landman, Rosh Chinuch of the Zionist Youth Center B’Argentina The history of the Jewish people tells that before entering the Land of Israel after the departure from Egypt, twelve spies were sent to observe the situation, the territory and the people who inhabited the area at that time. Of those twelve spies, ten returned
Mariano Wexler (Mato), Shaliach Hanoar Hatzioni B’México There are different versions to the story of the origin of the holiday of Tu B’Av. Some associate it with a biblical festival alluding to nature, mainly due to the agricultural way of life lived at that time. Others relate Tu B’Av’s origins to the salvation of the
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Salo Harel, Mazkirut Olamit of Hanoar Hatzioni B’Israel The fifteenth of Av is considered, in the modern Hebrew calendar, to be the holiday of love and friendship. Hearts, flowers, gifts and dinners in luxurious restaurants are among the ways in which this festival is celebrated today. However, Tu B’Av started as a festival of redemption,
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Moshe Glikson The few distinguished days of the year, the days of remembrance and the great holidays, are of high importance. During these days, an ordinary Jewish person experiences, depending on his spiritual ability, the nation’s tradition, and joins through specific actions and symbols, mitzvoth aseh and mitzvoth lo-taaseh, to the chain of acceptance of
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Eli Akerman H. Rosh Hadracha Kinneret B’Colombia Yom Kippur is the holiest day in Judaism, a day of repentance and forgiveness. On this unique date, Jews across the world fast for a full day; some spend the day in synagogues and others in a special place that enhances the atmosphere of introspection and personal reflection.
Sergio Edelstein In the beautiful cultural baggage that we inherited from Judaism, there are two holidays: Tu B’Av and Yom Kippur. These two holidays are both very different, but paradoxically have a commonality that relates us to one of the main educational motifs in the Tnua: the Madim – uniform. What do these two holidays
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Ajad Haam (1904) (In this article) I take, a comprehensive view of the whole range of tradition about Moses, and ask myself first: What essentially is Moses? In other words, what manner of thing is the national ideal which has its embodiment in Moses? There are heroes and heroes; heroes of war, heroes of thought,