Who are the Israelis?

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Psalm 129, one of the Song of Ascents, paints Israel’s long story of oppression yet unbreakable roots in Zion.

Hostile nations still sow doubt; cultures fade, and collective memory risks erosion.
What secret of resilience and ultimate redemption does this psalm offer a world losing faith?

Rabbi Oury Cherki unfolds the poem’s vivid furrows-vs-rooftop-grass metaphor, showing how HaShem anchors Israel—and humanity—in lasting hope.

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[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Who are the Israelis?

Masters of the Middle East.

 

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Testing the Soldiers of Gideon ​

Israel faces Midianite raids across the Jezreel Valley.

Gideon must shrink his troops from 32 000 to a mere 300 at Ein Harod.
Why would any commander trade strength for risk, and what does that teach modern Israel?

Rabbi Oury Cherki unpacks Judges 7, the Urim ve-Tumim dilemma, the 22 000 shock exit, and the dog-lapping test that still shapes Jewish faith, leadership, idolatry, Divine Presence and battlefield ethics. Join us to discover how courage, prophecy and humility forged the original “Special Forces.”

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Why does the Torah’s final book read like a statesman’s manifesto instead of a desert diary?​

In this second lesson on Deuteronomy, Rabbi Oury Cherki reveals how Sefer Devarim morphs from Moses’ parting words into the political constitution of a sovereign Israel. We discover why the commandments truly “come alive” only inside the Land, how Moses’ newly unified identity—Hebrew, Egyptian, Midianite—finally lets him speak to all Israel, and why even the fierce hermeneutic debate over semukhim concedes that Deuteronomy invites human reason to interpret divine law.

From the cryptic “eleven-day journey” rebuke to the king’s public reading at Hakhel, Rabbi Cherki shows Deuteronomy as the bridge between prophecy and polity, spirit and statehood. Dive in to see how a 3,300-year-old text still challenges modern Israel’s search for a constitution—and our own quest for collective purpose.

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Why did a British officer train Jewish fighters with the Book of Judges in hand?

Orde Wingate taught ambush, night raids, and faith—straight from Gideon’s 300.
Rabbi Cherki reveals how biblical warfare helped shape Israel’s defense ethos.

 

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Holy action begins with human yearning.
#Zionism starts with a heart thirsty for freedom,
and Heaven seals the contract.

What’s the next frontier, physical or spiritual,
that our generation must conquer?

 

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Decades after Sinai, Israelites still circle the desert.
Moses shocks them: the delay was never Heaven’s plan—it was theirs.
What is Deuteronomy’s hidden blueprint for conquering and settling the land?

Rabbi Oury Cherki shows how the book maps the final 'ה of the Divine Name, framing conquest as a commandment, justice as Godly partnership, and vision itself as sacred.

 

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Why did Abraham’s deal with Abimelech lead to the Binding of Isaac?
Gush Katif, Gerar, and ancient international law shape Israel’s destiny.

 

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The IDF Model of 'After Me!'
Torah Portion Va'etchanan​

Why do Israeli commanders say “Acharai!” (“After me!”) in the battle of life? It’s a Torah principle: real leaders go first, not last. Moses taught Joshua—and the lesson shapes Israel to this day.

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Michael Wilde.

Based on the mentally retarded people believing it, it seems the ideological subversion and propaganda (brainwashing) is working. When you have a group of media reporting, you get the truth. But since Islamic State's Hamas is blocking the media except for Islamic States' media and propaganda arm Al Jazeera being the only media reporting on Gaza, you only get bullshit.

 

[P F Tinmore]

 

[rosends]

Why would you post this?

And with no comment. There are complicated issues in Israel that are domestic and internal, much like there are everywhere . Would you use a video of a soccer riot to tell something about "who are the British ?"

 

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[rosends]

Learn the Hebrew . That isn't what he said. Nice try though.

 

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Gideon's Final Pursuit​

How does Gideon secure a definite victory?

As he leads his 300 exhausted but relentless men across the Jordan,
Succoth and Penuel refuse aid, and are warned of future reckoning.
Midian regroups far into the desert.

Pressing to Karkor on Wadi al-Sirhan, routing the last 15,000,
and capturing Zebah & Zalmunna—a campaign that echoes
Jacob and hints at Israel’s emerging kingship.

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