Yehuda Lave is an author, journalist, psychologist, rabbi, spiritual teacher, and coach, with degrees in business, psychology and Jewish Law. He works with people from all walks of life and helps them in their search for greater happiness, meaning, business advice on saving money, and spiritual engagement. Love Yehuda Lave Join my blog by sending me an email to YehudaLave@gmail.com If you have any comments or questions for me, please don't hit reply as I won't get it, write to me at Yehudalave@gmail.com |
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| The Three Musketeers at the Kotel |
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The Three are Rabbi Yehuda Glick, famous temple mount activist, and former Israel Mk, and then Robert Weinger, the world's greatest shofar blower and seller of Shofars, and myself after we had gone to the 12 gates of the Temple Mount in 2020 to blow the shofar to ask G-d to heal the world from the Pandemic. It was a highlight to my experience in living in Israel and I put it on my blog each day to remember. The articles that I include each day are those that I find interesting, so I feel you will find them interesting as well. I don't always agree with all the points of each article but found them interesting or important to share with you, my readers, and friends. It is cathartic for me to share my thoughts and frustrations with you about life in general and in Israel. As a Rabbi, I try to teach and share the Torah of the G-d of Israel as a modern Orthodox Rabbi. I never intend to offend anyone but sometimes people are offended and I apologize in advance for any mistakes. The most important psychological principle I have learned is that once someone's mind is made up, they don't want to be bothered with the facts, so, like Rabbi Akiva, I drip water (Torah is compared to water) on their made-up minds and hope that some of what I have share sinks in. Love Rabbi Yehuda Lave. |
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| Yom HaShoah in Israel: April 13th-14th, 2026 |
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Yom HaShoah is Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day, a day which is marked across the country every year as a national holiday and day of remembrance. Yom HaShoah in Israel usually falls in late April or early May, and runs from sundown one day to sundown the next, according to the Jewish calendar. In 2026, Yom HaShoah in Israel will fall from sundown on April 13th to sundown on April 14th. Memorial events normally take place around the country, the most famous of which is at Yad Vashem, Israel’s National Holocaust Memorial. During this ceremony, the President and Prime Minister deliver speeches and Holocaust Survivors light six torches, which symbolize the six million Jews who perished. |
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Throughout the country, every school, military base, town, city, village, and public institution has a ceremony to mark the event. At 10:00 am, Israel famously comes to halt when the siren is sounded around the country for two minutes. Even cars on the highways stop, and drivers stand in silence on the side of the road. This siren also sounds on Yom Hazikaron, the memorial day for fallen Israeli soldiers. Yom HaShoah is a solemn time to be in Israel. The law prohibits places of public entertainment from being open either on the evening before or day of Yom HaShoah, and the mood of the country changes dramatically during the period. Most cultural institutions in Israel hold special events during Yom HaShoah. An interesting resource for further information about Yom HaShoah is the Yad Vashem Website. It is usually possible to watch the main state ceremony online here as well. |
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Yom HaShoahHolocaust Remembrance Day “There are cultures that forget the past and there are cultures that are held captive by the past. Jews do neither. We carry the past with us as we will carry the memory of the Shoah with us, for as long as the Jewish people exists, as Moses carried the bones of Joseph, and as the Levites carried the fragments of the shattered tablets of stone. Those fragments of memory help make us who we are.” — Rabbi Jonathan Sacks |
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Archaeologists Were Excavating a Garden—and Found a 2,200-Year-Old Roman Military Camp in FrankfortSome of the discoveries among the camp remains indicate there was a surprisingly peaceful co-existence between Romans and the locals. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:
- Excavations at a Frankfurt palace garden revealed a 2,200-year-old Roman camp.
- Experts believe this military site represents the first Roman presence in the city, and artifacts there indicate a more peaceful co-existence in the region than had previously been imagined.
- Artifacts discovered during excavation prove the site stood for several years, which was uncommon in the region at that time.
Renovations at the Bolongaro Palace in Höchst, a neighborhood about five miles west of downtown Frankfurt, Germany, spilled into the estate’s adjacent garden. Then, after nearly a decade of work to convert the manor into a museum, archaeologists from the Department of Archaeological Heritage Management made a surprising find beneath the garden’s verdant grounds: the first-ever Roman military camp discovered in the region, replete with artifacts including coins from France and Belgium as well as South Gallic ceramics. In a find that’s rewriting the early history of Frankfurt, experts said the artifacts lack signs of violence and strife, instead pointing to a peaceful beginning of Roman occupation in the area. |
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Those we have lostStories of civilians and soldiers killed since Hamas’s onslaught on Israel on October 7, 2023
Every day you can look at another victim and send him/her prayers
Those we have lost | The Times of Israel Categories
Civilians IDF Israel Defense Forces soldiers and reservists Police officers
Israel Police and Border Police officers First responders
Local security team members, firefighters and medics Supernova festival
Those who attended the Supernova or Psyduck festivals Foreigners
Foreign workers, tourists and students |
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See you tomorrow bli neder We need Mashiach now! What is disliked by you, don't do to others. Be nice and kind and smile! Love Yehuda Lave If you have any comments or questions for me, please don't hit reply as I won't get it, write to me at Yehudalave@gmail.com |
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