Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Monday, December 8, 2025
Rallying Call to Eretz Yisrael
The celebrated Torah luminary and first Chief Rabbi of pre-state Israel, Rav Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook (1865-1935) is recognized as being among the most important Jewish thinkers of all time. His writings reflect the mystic's search for underlying unity in all aspects of life and the world, and his unique personality similarly united a rare combination of talents and gifts.He was the undisputed leader of Religious Zionism, defining the Jewish People and the Land of Israel as entities with specific commandments in the Torah of Israel, a construct known as Torat Eretz Yisrael.
Rav Kook was a prominent rabbinical authority and active public leader, but at the same time a deeply religious mystic. He was both Talmudic scholar and poet, original thinker and saintly tzaddik.
Read his prescient words, a heartfelt call to today's Diaspora Jews - written a century ago:
The Land of Israel, Come to the Land of Israel, everyone.
Let us sound this rallying cry clearly, without pause.
Come to Eretz Yisrael. Beloved brethren, save your souls. The souls of your future generations, of our entire nation. Save it from desolation and waste, from decay and humiliation. Save it from evil and impurity, from the sorrow and distress to which it is subject in all the countries of other nations, without distinction.
Come to Eretz Yisrael. Let us call out in a resounding, thunderous voice, in a voice that sets off a storm and enflames the heaven and earth, a voice that penetrates all chambers of the heart.
Escape for your lives and come to the Land of Israel. It is the voice of God that is calling us. His hand is outstretched to us; His spirit, which we have in our hearts, is gathering us together, He is encouraging us, and He is compelling all of us to sound this great rallying cry:
Draft Dodger who got 500,000 to stop learning for an entire day, Gets Engaged to Adler from Beit Shemesh
לאחר שגרם לקיום "עצרת המיליון" ▪︎ העריק המפורסם אריאל שמאי מישיבת 'סורוצקין' התארס עם בת למשפחת אדלר מבית שמש
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What's Mike Johnson, Speaker of the United States House visiting the Skverer Rebbe ??
Heavy security at the Sequeira housing complex: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Tucker Carlson "buying" a home in Qatar
@TuckerCarlson criticized @benshapiro for traveling to Israel because that's not "America First."
— Joel M. Petlin (@Joelmpetlin) December 7, 2025
Now he's buying a home in Qatar because "I'm an American and can go wherever I want."
Someone should tell Tucker that Ben also has an American passport. https://t.co/Hkaq4OHFzU
Ireland has no "Hakoras Hatoiv" !!!
Ireland starves in a horrific famine in 1847: Jewish communities around the world mobilize donations to help feed the people of Ireland. From New York to London, from Montefiore to Rothschild, Jews help feed to the people of Ireland.
— Rabbi Poupko (@RabbiPoupko) December 7, 2025
The Jewish state is attacked in the worst… pic.twitter.com/cCFMWyb4x6
The Luftwaffa Satmar's Favorite Airline to Israel Halts all Military Shipments to and from Israel
German air freight carrier Lufthansa Cargo has halted all shipments of military and security-related equipment to and from Israel, citing the UK Export Control Order and other sanctions that currently bar such transport.
The airline says the suspension applies regardless of routing and will remain in place "until further notice," though it is working on a solution to restore eligible shipments.
Trumps US Ambassador To Turkey says Israel Isn't a Democracy
.@SecRubio needs to release a statement. The money hungry ambassador to Turkey @USAMBTurkiye who is only in his position because he’s a rich billionaire (he has zero foreign policy background) just said Israel isn’t a democracy, and that monarchy is the best form of government.… https://t.co/8IO1VkeC2m
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) December 7, 2025
Major Chassidus Openly Worships Idolatry!
Chassidim and Yeshivish circles often criticize Chilonim relentlessly, sometimes even going so far as to deny their Jewishness altogether.
One prominent leader of a major Chassidus even questioned Chabad’s campaign to encourage secular Jews to put on tefillin, offering the twisted logic that such efforts are futile since they have “hirhurim.” It sounds absurd, but I’ve seen people on my own blog defending this childish sevarah.
And yet, when one of their own makes far more outrageous claims, the silence is deafening. Reb Mendele Viznitzer — who himself once referred to his own role as a “shvantz,” a tail — has followers who treat him as immortal, even divine.
If he calls himself a “shvantz,” who am I to argue?
The irony is glaring. The very Chilonim whom these groups disparage do not worship avoda zara. But within their own ranks, they tolerate and even celebrate behavior that borders on idolatry.
Michael Rapaport: How I became spiritually stronger through wearing tefillin
Jewish-American actor and comedian Michael Rapaport shared his journey of reconnecting to Judaism, writing: “It charges me up and connects me to my identity.”
The Jewish-American actor posted a photo of himself laying tefillin on Sunday, along with a heartfelt message about his spiritual growth over the past two years.
"I started wrapping tefillin about two years ago," Rapaport wrote on X. "I didn’t grow up doing it. I didn’t grow up understanding it. And to be totally honest, when I’d see guys in NYC doing it on the street or outside a bagel shop or in the park, I thought it looked weird. I didn’t get it. I didn’t understand the beauty or the meaning."
He continued: "But now? Now when I wrap tefillin, especially first thing in the morning, it hits me in my chest. It centers me. It charges me. It makes me feel focused, grounded, and armed - not with weapons, but with purpose, discipline, and identity."
Rapaport added, “It’s not just a ritual - it’s how I talk to G-d. It’s how I talk to my people. It’s how I talk to myself. And I love it. I really love it.”
He concluded by describing the powerful feeling after prayer: “I feel like a superhero when I walk out the house after praying. Not invincible - but connected.”
He ended the post with the words: “Am Yisrael Chai”
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