Leah’s Blog

Leah’s blog – Sukkot – 2019 Sometimes you need also an anchor when you build the sukkah. Its needs to be a secure [...]

Why are we commanded to review the Torah again and again – every year- all year round? What is Hashem trying to reiterate [...]

It was in the Sistine Chapel that it really hit me- history is like a pendulum ride swaying between facts and the implication [...]

srael’s miraculous eternity has always bewildered historians, writers, and fair thinkers. We’ve been called a stiff necked people- – “עם קשיי עורף”Many see [...]

Parshat Shlach 2019 Engraved into the landscape of the hills of Israel’s heartland are the ancient faded stone walls made for terrace farming [...]

Shavuot – 2019 The redemption is an ongoing process and a difficult one. It requires a high level of patience, kind of like [...]

Yom Haatzmaut 2019 It’s a crazy thing but I keep a joke book in my bathroom. It’s been my friend and confidante’ for [...]

  One of the most striking attractions here in Israel is the reconstruction and rehabilitation of historic sites. Antiquated, some are barely noticed [...]