Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity

 Ramchal (Daas Tevunos 24) The soul is a part of G-d. Its desire is to return and cleave to its source and to grasp it, as is the nature of...

  https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/gangsters-vs-nazis Emboldened by Hitler’s rise to power in Germany in 1933, and fueled by...

  https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/02/democrats-progressives-establishment-midterms-00985221 Battleground candidates with ties to the D...

  https://aish.com/what-is-the-judaisms-view-of-the-soul/ In Jewish thought, free will is the conflict between body and soul, which begs the...

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/01/voters-are-angry-with-washington-other-takeaways-colorado-primaries/ In a campaign buil...

  https://aish.com/48943446/ Beginning three weeks of mourning for the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. The 17th of Tammuz is a ...

  https://www.ou.org/holidays/the_17th_of_tammuz1/ The 17th day in the Jewish month of Tammuz, Jews the world over fast and lament to commem...

  https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/479885/jewish/The-17th-of-Tammuz.htm The walls of Jerusalem were breached by the Romans, in...

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/01/trumps-wealth-grew-scale-without-modern-presidential-precedent/ No past president has s...

  https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-family-finance-world-liberty-financial-steve-witkoff-binance-9187ba1c?mod=hp_opin_pos_1 They are profiti...

  https://aish.com/anti-semitic-politicians-in-america-today/?utm_source=googlegrants&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=19561819333&ut...

Rabbeinu Bachya (Bereishis (02:03). Some claim that the soul is a single force which however has three sub-categories. 1) the category whic...

  Or HaChaim (Devarim 20:10) Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai said in Zohar volume 2 page 62 that G-d sends man an additional soul to guide him on t...