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September 16, 2026 / 5 Tishrei 5787
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View of the Tabor Stream landscape, with winter wildflowers, in the Lower Galilee, Israel (RnDmS/Shutterstock)
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Shalom -, Please enjoy today's Daily Inspiration from Israel.
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They who sow in tears shall reap with songs of joy.
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הַזֹּרְעִים בְּדִמְעָה בְּרִנָּה יִקְצֹרוּ
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ha-zo-r'-EEM b'-dim-AH b'-ri-NAH yik-TZO-ru
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Sowing in Dry Ground
By Sara Lamm
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Israelis sometimes make fun of Americans for being excessively polite. We say please and thank you constantly. We soften requests. We circle around what we actually mean because we do not want to offend anyone. Israelis, famously, are not always quite so delicate.
And yet there is another side to the way people speak here that I have come to love. Israeli conversation can be extraordinarily full of blessings. As I write this sitting in a cafe, I can hear snippets of phone calls around me. Men who sound as though they are discussing plumbing repairs, deliveries, or business are wishing each other health, a good year, and only good things. Someone can spend five minutes arguing over a price and then finish with, “May you hear only good news. Okay, I’ll see you at four to fix the toilet.” There is a certain flowery quality to it that still catches my American ear.
My fourth-grade son’s teacher sent a message like that to the parents after meeting us at the beginning of the school year.
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For the First Time in Thousands of Years, the Shofar Sounds on the Temple Mount
Hundreds of Jews stood on the Temple Mount before dawn on the second day of Rosh Hashanah this year, and by the time they left, something had happened there that Rabbi Josh Wander believes had not happened in thousands of years: the shofar sounded on the Mount together with the silver Temple trumpets.
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Christian Persecution in Iran Intensifies Amid War, According to Ministries and UN Investigators
Iran has spent the past year fighting a war with Israel and the United States, absorbing sweeping new sanctions, and putting down a civilian uprising that left tens of thousands dead. In the middle of that upheaval, the Islamic Republic has also escalated a campaign against a population that poses it no military threat at all: its own Christian minority.
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As Israel’s Population Nears 10.3 Million, the Ingathering of the Exiles Advances Toward a Messianic Threshold
Israel’s population stood at 10.305 million as the country entered the new Jewish year, according to figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics ahead of Rosh Hashanah.
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Want to bring the Torah to life each week? Rabbi Pesach Wolicki’s The Weekly Word turns the weekly portion into a wellspring of insight. Perfect for study, reflection, or Shabbat reading, these teachings help you grow in wisdom, faith, and purpose — one portion at a time.
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Use code INSPIRATION20 to get 20% off!
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Blessings from the land of Israel,
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