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CHAIRMAN PLACES IN ISRAEL
Mr. Harvey Blitz INSIDE 38 Meitzar
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN Michael Even-Esh
Rabbi Doron Perez
TORAT MIZRACHI ISRAEL INSIGHT
EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORS 40 A Short Primer to Israel’s Fast-
Rabbi Reuven Taragin The Covenant Approaching Election
Rabbanit Shani Taragin 3 Rabbi Doron Perez Steve Kramer
WHAT’S IN A WORD
Branches that Grow 41 Trees in Eretz Yisrael
5 Rabbi Ari Rockoff David Curwin
Aliyah Diaries
PUBLISHED BY THE MIZRACHI WORLD MOVEMENT 6 Rabbi Aron and Miriam White
TU BISHVAT READING
EDITORIAL TEAM The Deeper Meaning of Planting Trees
Daniel Verbov 8 Rabbi Reuven Taragin
Esther Shafier Patience… You’ll Get There
Avital Gastwirth Tu BiShvat and 2020 Hindsight: Moonfulness 43 Rabbi Avigdor Nebenzahl
CREATIVE DIRECTOR 9 and Mindfulness Giving the Best
Jonny Lipczer Rabbanit Shani Taragin 44 Rabbi Shalom Rosner
GRAPHIC DESIGNER Retaining the Land
Hadas Peretz 10 Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon and First Fruit Prayer
Rabbanit Sharon Rimon 45 Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander
PRODUCTION AND ADVERTISING MANAGER
Meyer Sterman Challah and Hope
production@mizrachi.org A Timeless and 46 Rabbi Michael Hattin
12 Timely Message
HaMizrachi seeks to spread Torat Eretz Yisrael throughout Rabbi Andrew Shaw Give and Get
the world. HaMizrachi also contains articles, opinion pieces
and advertisements that represent the diversity of views and Four Fruitful Thoughts 48 Rabbi Stewart Weiss
interests in our communities. These do not necessarily reflect
any official position of Mizrachi or its branches. 14 Sivan Rahav Meir and Yedidya Meir The Great Equalizer
If you don't want to keep HaMizrachi, you can double- 49 Mrs. Michal Horowitz
wrap it before disposal, or place it directly into sheimos.
The Eretz Yisrael Festival
GLOBAL RELIGIOUS LEADERS 50 Rabbi Ronen Neuwirth
Miracles at the Sea The Baker’s Secret
21 Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu zt”l 51 Rabbi Dr. Benji Levy
Investing Our Hearts in the More than Just a Date
22 Mitzvot of Israel 52 Rabbi Berel Wein
www.rza.org Rabbi Yaakov Ariel
office@rza.org The Tree of Life
212-465-9234 One Aspect of Kedushat HaAretz 53 Rabbi Judah Mischel
23 Rabbi Hershel Schachter
Presidium
Environmental Ethics
Dr. Ernest Agatstein Shabbat: A Source of Comfort in a 54 Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody
Rabbi Leonard Matanky 24 Time of Turmoil
Mr. Martin Oliner Chief Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein
National Chairman Guests on the Earth
Mr. Seymour Shapiro 23 Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt”l GENERAL INTEREST
PARENTING
Executive Vice President Four Wonderful Segulot for Shabbat Shira 58 Talking to Children about Marijuana
Rabbi Ari Rockoff 28 Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski
RELIGIOUS ZIONISTS OF CHICAGO The Whisper of the Trees RELATIONSHIPS
www.rzc.us 30 Mrs. Shira Smiles 59 How Do You Know She’s
office@rzc.us the Right One?
847-674-9733 The Morality of Esthetics Rabbi Ben Zion Shafier
31 Rabbanit Rachelle Fraenkel
President SOCIAL
Dr. Oren Lakser 60 COMMENTARY
Executive Director THE PEOPLE AND THE LAND Being a No-Man
Rabbi Chaim Navon
Rabbi Jerold Isenberg RAV KOOK’S TEACHINGS
34 Our Ties to the Land of Israel The
RELIGIOUS ZIONISTS OF LOS ANGELES Rabbi Chanan Morrison 61 Blessing
office@rzla.org of Growth
209-286-7141 ZIONIST LEADERS Rabbi Ezra Bick
36 Eliezer Ben Yehuda
President The Tree that Saved My Life
Chana Gelb NATIONAL 62 Aharon Botzer
37 INSTITUTIONS
The Celebration of Eretz Yisrael 63
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