By Yochanan Gordon The plight of our hostages being held behind enemy lines has been in our minds since October 7. The posters of the kidnapped with their names and faces plastered on stores in Jewish communities around the world has ensured that these captives remain in the hearts and minds of everyone. The latest […]
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Torah Portion – Yitro
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
I recently came across a passage in a book by Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Reines (1839-1915), the head of a very innovative yeshiva in Lida, Lithuania, and one of the founders of the Mizrachi Religious Zionist movement.
A prolific writer, in his book Nod Shel Demaot (“A Flask of Tears”), Rav Reines writes about the important role that mothers play in the development of their sons and daughters. He claims that it is not only the father’s teaching that motivates the budding Jewish leader. Rather, it is the mother’s feminine intuition and maternal compassion that are, at the very least, equally formative.