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TORAT MIZRACHI CHAYEI SARAH READING
www.mizrachi.org
office@mizrachi.org Avraham, Chanukah and Rabbi Sacks Chanukah and Chinuch
+972 (0)2 620 9000 3 Rabbi Doron Perez 38 Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
CHAIRMAN
Mr. Harvey Blitz
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN 6 Growing in the Darkness 42 Beware the Dangers of Jealousy
Rabbi Zev Leff
Rabbi Ari Rockoff
Rabbi Doron Perez
EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORS
Rabbi Reuven Taragin 8 Doing What We Can 43 The Children’s Holiday
Rabbanit Shani Taragin Rabbi Reuven Taragin Rabbi Berel Wein
9 The End of The Beginning… 44 Can We Learn From the Greeks?
and the Beginning of the End
Rabbanit Shani Taragin Rabbi Dov Lipman
PUBLISHED BY THE MIZRACHI WORLD MOVEMENT 10 We are All Kohanim on Chanukah 46 Simcha and the Chanukah Candles
EDITORIAL TEAM Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon Rabbi Azarya Berzon
Daniel Verbov
Esther Shafier
CREATIVE DIRECTOR 11 Appreciate the Miracles 47 The War or the Oil?
Rabbanit Sharon Rimon
Rabbi Ari Z. Zivotofsky
Jonny Lipczer
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Hadas Peretz 12 The Singular Light of Chanukah 48 The Messages of the Name of Chanukah
PRODUCTION AND ADVERTISING MANAGER Rabbi Danny Mirvis Dr. Deena Zimmerman
Meyer Sterman
production@mizrachi.org 14 Eight Thoughts for Eight Days
HaMizrachi seeks to spread Torat Eretz Yisrael throughout Sivan Rahav Meir and Yedidya Meir THE PEOPLE AND THE LAND
the world. HaMizrachi also contains articles, opinion pieces
and advertisements that represent the diversity of views and
interests in our communities. These do not necessarily reflect 50 RAV KOOK'S TEACHINGS
any official position of Mizrachi or its branches. GLOBAL RELIGIOUS LEADERS The Jews, the Greeks and Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
If you don't want to keep HaMizrachi, you can double- Rabbi Chanan Morrison
wrap it before disposal, or place it directly into sheimos.
18 The Three Foundational Mitzvot 51 WHAT’S IN A WORD
Rabbi Avraham Shapira zt”l
Illuminating Words
David Curwin
19 The Real Choice Today 52 ISRAEL INSIGHT
Rabbi David Stav
Trump’s Mideast Innovations Should Stick
David M. Weinberg
www.rza.org 20 Lighting the Candles at Home
office@rza.org Rabbi Hershel Schachter 56 RELIGIOUS ZIONIST LEADERS
212-465-9234 Rabbi Yehuda Bibas
Presidium Miracles and the Power of Loneliness NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Dr. Ernest Agatstein 22 Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi 57 To Ignite the Candle Within
Rabbi Leonard Matanky Gael Grunewald
Mr. Martin Oliner
National Chairman 23 Chanukah 1948
Rabbanit Rachelle Fraenkel
Mr. Seymour Shapiro GENERAL INTEREST
Executive Vice President SOCIAL COMMENTARY
Rabbi Ari Rockoff 24 When is Failure a Blessing from G-d? 58 What Would Washington Think Today?
Rabbi Chaim Navon
RELIGIOUS ZIONISTS OF CHICAGO Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis
www.rzc.us 60 PARENTING & RELATIONSHIPS
office@rzc.us Preparing Our Children for Marriage
847-674-9733 Dr. David S. Ribner
REMEMBERING RABBI SACKS
President The Greatest Loss
Dr. Oren Lakser 26 Zionist Congress, Mizrachi 62 Rabbi Yuval Cherlow
and the Influence of Rabbi Sacks
Executive Director Rabbi Doron Perez
Rabbi Jerold Isenberg Cover photo courtesy of The Office of Rabbi Sacks 63
RELIGIOUS ZIONISTS OF LOS ANGELES 28 The Many Faces of Rabbi Sacks HaMizrachi Family Page
office@rzla.org
209-286-7141 Lighting the Chanukah Candles
President 31 with Rabbi Sacks
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