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5773
Succot
Parshat Vayelech
5772
Do They Know Their Own Position?
The Perennial Scapegoat
The Real "Chok Tal"
Holding Onto the Daf
The Second Thousand
Undesirable Strangers
A Nation Under Siege
Ingratitude and Protest
The Danger of Dissent
Lesson of the Spies
Summer of Discontent
The Special Division
Giving and Receiving
Remembering the Land
The Bar Yochai Legacy
Every Parent a Teacher
Counting Jewishly
The Red Cow Message
A Reincarnated Haman
The Best Protection
A Nation of Givers
The Half-Shekel Message
Trees and Torah
How Many Wanted to Go?
Exodus from Ignorance
The Fourth Cup
Exile and Redemption
The Longest Siege
A Prophetic Precedent
The Unsung Heroes
Proud To Be a Jew
The Strategy of Survival
When It Is Easy
Brotherly Love... or Hate
Negotiations Then and Now
The Chosen Mountain
Whose Land Is It?
A Song of Sorrow and Hope
5771
Looking Back and Looking Up
A Pledge of Allegiance
The Price of Embarrassment
Suicide Bombers Then and Now
Sharing the Inspiration
Years of Tears
Two Views of the Land
A Nation That Dwells Alone
The Word and the Sword
Contrast of Conflicts
Misplaced Confidence
The Ark Moves On
One Man With One Heart
The Levites of Today
A Second Chance
In "Dependence" Lies "Independence"
Month of Miracles
The Right to Know?
Liberation and Elevation
The Shabbat Between Fast and Feast
The Merry Month
The Rallying Cry
Enough and Not Enough
Happy Jews Everywhere
Not on Bread Alone
Who is Carrying Whom?
The Secret Weapon
Saving Shabbat
Nothing New
When the Son is Not Told
A Ray of Hope
Too Many Children?
Whose Wall Is It?
Who is Providing Security?
Halfhearted Benefactor
In G-d, Trust We Must
The Third Strategy
The Big Lie
Palestinian � Old and New
Claims of Yesterday and Today
Greater Eretz Yisrael
The Patriarchal Preview
Two Millennia, One Message
5770
Last Shabbat of the Year
We Keeping Kosher � Kosher Keeping Us
Problems with a Jewish Prime Minister
Three Weeks and Nine Days
First Things First
Making Peace
A Shield of Faith
No Partners for Peace
The Power of Graft
Secret of Success
A Light Unto the Nations
Just a Ditto?
Protecting Shabbat from Foreign Dignitaries
Jewish Law for the Jewish State
Countdown and Countup
Secret of Survival
A Sense of Sacrifice
The Moon and Us
The Time of the "Times"
Whose War Is It?
Who Disappeared First?
Looking at our Roots
An Inseparable Bond
A Song for Our Time
Promise and Condition
Short Spirit and Long Wind
A Promise for All Time
With My Sword and Bow
Secret of Survival
The Few Against the Many
Relations with the Nations
Departure and Destination
Philistines and Palestinians
No Complaints
Keeping Out Yishmael
A Double Significance
Who Has To Move?
Who is the Owner?
5769
Last Shabbat of the Year
A Sense of Responsibility
A Shabbat of Vision
What's in a Name?
A Passion for the Land
Gaza or Aza?
Love Versus Hate
Serpents Then and Now
Power Corrupts
Then and Now
When Jews Work Together
The Secret of Unity
Tale of Two Generations
Peace in the Land
Second Chance
Happy Birthday, Medinat Yisrael
Investing in the Future
Chazak, Chazak, Venitchazek
Calf and Cow
Remember, Do No Forget
Giving in Troubled Times
Imported Influence
Quenching the Thirst
Hope from Manna
Merit and Inherit
The Land of Their Sojourning
Milk and Honey
Unique Partnership
The Promise of Return
Surviving the Lean Years
A Gift With Strings Attached
When Belts Are Tightened
How Easy It Should Be
Sticking It Out
Old Claims and New
The Ultimate Reward
Prep for the Test
End of Evil Empires
5768
Pondering Past and Facing Future
First Things First
Double Danger
A Multilingual Message
The Wandering Jew
Bein Hametzarim � A Time for Reflection
In Search of Leadership
No Fear of the Big Bomb
In Search of a Partner
The Danger of Demagoguery
The Power of Faith
A Nation or "My Nation"
Shavuot, Sinai and Security
The Consolation Prize
The Choice is Ours
Lag B'omer � A Cause for Celebration
The Ultimate Freedom
The Inseparable Connection
Four Sons at One Table
"Have a Great Shabbat"
For the Birds
The First Mitzvah
Cleaning Up the Mess
Purim and the Poor
A Need to Remember
The Fiery Coin
An Echo of Equality
Every Jew Counts
Clothes Make the Princess
Preying on Prayer
The Secret Long-Range Weapon
Like One Man With One Heart
Something to Sing About
Thanks for Every Son
The Fifth Cup
Needed � More Children
The Weeping of Rachel
Resettlement, Then and Now
Dreams of Leaders
Promises, Promises
Annapolis D�j� vu
Gateway to Heaven
The Voice and the Hands
The Promised Land
The Eishel Approach
The Ultimate Promise
Ten Days that Shake the World
5767
Last Shabbat of the Year
A Nation That Doesn't Respect Itself
The Catalyst
A Time for Tears � and Hope
Who is a True Leader?
A Nation that Dwells Alone
No Partner for Peace
The Crumbling Coalition
The Blinding Effect
Seeds of Rebellion
Concerns of a Leader
Words from the Wilderness
The Fires of Lag B'Omer
Never in Israel
A Great Shabbat!
A Call for Purity
Shabbat Observance Across the Oceans
Getting Ready for Pesach in More than One Way
The Need for Purity
Bible Belting
Religion and the Environment
Ancient Advice for Current Corruption
Where Did We Go Wrong?
Aristocratic Freedom
All Work and Play Makes Israel a Dull Nation
What's In A Name
A Blessing for Children
Is My Father Still Alive?
A Light at the End of the Tunnel
Many in the Hands of the Few
Cruelty to Animals or to Jews?
A Ladder Reminder for Latter Days
Giving and Giving Again
A Second Look at Leaders
The Lesson of Sodom
The Hidden Potential
A Tale of Two Eras
5766
Ready Road to Return
Blessings or Curses
Comfort for My People
Learning from the Past
A Matter of Priorities
Three Weeks to Become Strong
Holy Cow!
The Missing Word
The Secret Agenda
You Must Take It With You!
Prosperity and Security
The Special People
Seven Steps to Disaster
A Second Chance
A Birthday Warning in Time
A Cause for Joy
Transformation
Whats New?
Holy Cow and the Constitution
Remembering What Amalek Did
Sanctuaries of All Sizes
Give Till It Hurts
United We Stand
A Song of Hope
Cast a Tiny Shadow
Heavenly Plagues or Natural Disasters?
A Look at the Book
Time for a Change?
Promises, Promises
Fathers and Orphans
The Musical Way Back to Israel
Deserving the Name
Stones and Elections
Keeping Israel Jewish
Negotiating For Our Own
The Threat of Yishmael
The First Oleh
Believing in Miracles
5765
What a Way to Start the Year!
Enough to be Thankful For
The Enemy Within
Moment of Truth
Letters to G-d or Prayers?
The Chosen Target
When a Leader is Beloved
Avoid Reliving History
Exercise in Futility
Chukat Hatorah or "Chukah"
No to Civil War
No Such Word in Divine Dictionary
Sacrificing for Shabbat
Ten Commandments Then and Now
Counting the Survivors
Two Days One Lesson
Friends in Need
Who is the Master?
Whose Calendar Is This Anyway?
Holy Cow
Hill, Hole and Willing Executioners
Remembering Amalek and Auschwitz
Achieving the Impossible
The Secret of Unity
Silver Half and Golden Calf
Clothes Make the Man
The Giving People
Courting Trouble
An American Echo of a Midianite Priest
The Greatest Wonder
A Reminder from Outsiders
Let My People GoTo Serve Me
Secret of Survival
Jerusalem Under Siege!
The Cry of the Poor
Oops, Sorry, Just a Little Mistake
The Danger of Insensitivity
Three-'D' Survival
Return to the Stones
Blessed Will Be Those Who Bless You
When the Poor Get Poorer
The Lesson of Sodom
It's in the Genes
Anyone Hungry?
The Danger of a Double Standard
Right of Return
5764
A Ray of Hope
Public and Private Morality
The Rebellious Sons
What Happened to the "Faithful City"?
A Question of Priorities
The Enemy Within
A People Which Dwells Alone
Dealing with Serpents Then and Now
A Timely Warning
Why Are They Leaving?
A Second Chance
Another Piece of Peace
Compensation for Suffering
Cause or Effect
Can a Holiday be Any Day?
Is "In G-d We Trust" Next?
Happy Birthday!
Getting Out of Egypt Getting Egypt Out of Us
The Violent and the Pure
What is a Bar Mitzvah?
Are We Still Jewish?
The National Symbol
You
Can
Take It With You
Who Shall Judge
Israel's Other War
Some Like It Caught
Inviting a Plague
The Four Freedoms
Blessed Families or Problematic Ones?
Dead or Alive
A Long History of Short Memories
The Problem of Promises
Miracles Then and Now
The Third Element
Angels, Places and Times
Here to Stay
Problem of the Local Girl
We Will Outlive Them All!
So What's New?
Is This Really A Time for Happiness?
Escaping the Trap
5763
Light at the End of the Tunnel
History Lessons
The Real Threat
Power Corrupts
Virtual Self-Destruction
Nothing New Under the Sun
The Miracle of Aliya
What is Leadership?
Aliya and the Family
The Divine Peace Prize
Peace and Polarization
Why Coalitions Fail
A Gift and Its Conditions
Short Chapter, Long Lesson
All the Same.. and Yet?
Who Counts?
Earning Peace
Whose Land Is It?
Counting the Days
Stumbling Blocks on the Road Map
The Perpetual Scapegoat
Can a Leper Change His Spots?
The Demographic War of Survival
Whats New?
Survival from Ashes
A Time to Remember
Fighting the Next War
Who Needs Proof?
The Big Givers
The End of Exile
The "Holy Sites"
A Cover for Covet
National Unity Then and Now
A Shabbat of Song
Two Sides of Compensation
The Fifth Cup
Who Shall Lead the People?
The Dividend of Danger
Who is a Jew? Who is a Hebrew?
The Waitress the Teacher and the Knesset Member
The Abandoned Sons
A Change of Heart
Stones and Politicians
A Tale of Three Wells
To Whom Does Hebron Belong?
Dust, Sand and Stars
The Four Promises
Facing the Flood
The Expulsion Principle - Then and Now
The Notion of a Nation
Slay the Murderer First
The Right of Return
The War We Are Losing
5762
A New Middle East?
Israel Forever
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