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Mr. Harvey Blitz INSIDE Applying Halacha in Israel’s Police Force
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN 32 Rabbi Rami Brachyahu
Rabbi Doron Perez
TORAT MIZRACHI Halachic Holidays?
EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORS 34 Rabbi Shimshon HaKohen Nadel
Rabbi Reuven Taragin Herzl, Hebrew and Holy Cows
Rabbanit Shani Taragin 3 Rabbi Doron Perez Desperate Times Call for
35 Desperate Measures
Go Home Jacob Rabbi David Katz
5 Rabbi Elie and Dr. Rebecca Mischel
Body and Spirit
Celebrating Yom HaAtzmaut 36 Rabbi Alex Israel
PUBLISHED BY THE MIZRACHI WORLD MOVEMENT 6 in America of the 1950s
Rabbi Yosef Blau Bubby Knew
EDITORIAL TEAM 38 Rabbi Dov Lipman
Daniel Verbov What Covid Taught Us
Esther Shafier 8 About the State of Israel Eretz Yisrael and the Desire
Avital Gastwirth Rabbi Reuven Taragin 39 to be Close
Rabbi Azarya Berzon
CREATIVE DIRECTOR Shemini to Acharei
Jonny Lipczer The Independence of
9 Mot, Yom HaZikaron to
GRAPHIC DESIGNER Yom HaAtzmaut 42 Interdependence
Hadas Peretz Rabbanit Shani Taragin Rabbi Dr. Benji Levy
PRODUCTION AND ADVERTISING MANAGER Shir HaMa’alot Patient for the Truth
Meyer Sterman 43 Rabbi Jesse Horn
production@mizrachi.org 10 Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon
and Rabbanit Sharon Rimon
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interests in our communities. These do not necessarily reflect
any official position of Mizrachi or its branches. RAV KOOK’S TEACHINGS
48 Partnering with G-d
If you don't want to keep HaMizrachi, you can double-
wrap it before disposal, or place it directly into sheimos. Rabbi Dr. Yosef Bronstein
GLOBAL RELIGIOUS LEADERS
ZIONIST INFLUENCERS
From Yom HaShoah to Yom HaAtzmaut: 49 Rabbi Yitzchak HaKohen ben Moshe
16 Appreciating our Abilities
Chief Rabbi David Lau NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
50 Days of Redemption
Celebrating our Connection to Israel Gael Grunewald
17 with Pride and Gratitude
www.rza.org Chief Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein PLACES IN ISRAEL
office@rza.org 51 Ein Keshatot: Mother of All Symbols
212-465-9234 No Land Like Israel Michael Even-Esh
18 Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt”l
Presidium ISRAEL INSIGHT
Dr. Ernest Agatstein RAV KOOK’S TEACHINGS 52 Truly at Home
Rabbi Leonard Matanky 19 The Challenge of the David M. Weinberg
Mr. Martin Oliner Religious Zionist Educator
Dr. Daniel Rose WHAT’S IN A WORD
National Chairman 53 National Symbols
Mr. Seymour Shapiro Praying for the State of Israel David Curwin
20 Chief Rabbi David Stav
Executive Vice President
Rabbi Ari Rockoff Permission to Celebrate
21 Rabbi Hershel Schachter GENERAL INTEREST
RELIGIOUS ZIONISTS OF CHICAGO
www.rzc.us Lag BaOmer:
office@rzc.us 56 The Light of the Land
Rabbi Judah Mischel
847-674-9733 HOLIDAY READING
PARENTING
President Revealing the ‘First’ Torah 58 How to Talk to Your Children
Dr. Oren Lakser 25 Rabbanit Nechama Porat about Intimacy and Sexuality
Executive Director The Torah of the Klal Dr. Yocheved Debow
Rabbi Jerold Isenberg 26 Lt. Colonel (res.) Rabbi Yedidya Atlas RELATIONASHIPS
59 Yom HaAtzmaut and Marriage
RELIGIOUS ZIONISTS OF LOS ANGELES Torat Eretz Yisrael and the Rabbi Moshe Berliner
office@rzla.org 28 Vision of a Jewish State
209-286-7141 Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander STORY
60 Lessons from Tzfat in 1948
President Halacha in the Hospital Rabbi Binny Freedman
Chana Gelb 29 Rabbi Yitzchak Feldman
FAMILY SECTION
Israel and Arms Export 62 Yom HaAtzmaut Activities
30 Rabbi Yuval Cherlow
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