As we come to the end of the fast here in Israel, I wanted to share with you the tune I played on the Handpan to the eternal words of Isaiah (40): "Take comfort, take comfort, my people, says your G-d. Speak unto the heart of Jerusalem and call out to her..."🎶

Wow, what an explosion of heartwarming responses. I wish I could respond individually to everyone, but for now, thank you 😊🙏

Baruch Hashem, my wife gave birth to a beautiful baby girl this morning - our 3rd child. Am Yisrael Chai 🇮🇱

The Palestinian terror wave in Judea and Samaria continues relentlessly. In just 7 days: 32 stone-throwing attacks, 3 arson attacks, a Molotov cocktail attack, 5 attacks on Jewish shepherds and more. On October 5, a knife-wielding Palestinian set fire to a vehicle at a farm in Binyamin before being neutralized.

Ancient synagogues of Israel #2 🥳 The Merot synagogue sits atop an ancient Jewish village in the eastern Upper Galilee (Ḥorbat Merot) that dates to the Hasmonean period. A basilica with benches, platforms, and a colonnaded portico, built around the end of the 4th century CE and rebuilt more than once. A later phase added a gallery and a study room (beit midrash) beside it. The main building was apparently wrecked in the 749 CE earthquake and rebuilt; the Jewish settlement lasted into the 9th–10th centuries, until the Crusades. Among the finds: a door stone with the engraved words: "blessed are you when you come, blessed are you when you go" (Deuteronomy 28:6) in Hebrew, a colorful mosaic possibly of King David playing a five-string lyre, and more.

טרור ההרעלות מתרחב גם לגוש עציון: במהלך השבת האחרונה איתרו תושבי חווה הסמוכה למעלה עמוס, רעל שהטמינו מחבלי הכפר קיסאן בתוך תמרים ופיזרו בשטחי המרעה. התמרים המורעלים אותרו בנס במהלך סיור בשטח לפני שעדר הצאן הגיע למקום.

The latest incident of “settler violence”: antizionist media claimed that settlers lit fire to cars in a Palestinian town. Documentation by an Israeli drone instead showed that a group of Arabs attempted to light a fire to block a road to an outpost, the fire spiraled out of control and spread to the nearby parking lot. The video shows the Arab group then panicking and trying to put it out.

Sunset now from the Shomron 🤩🇮🇱

Ancient synagogues of Israel #1 🥳 The Eshtemoa synagogue is an ancient Jewish synagogue, dating from the late-Roman and Byzantine periods, uncovered in the modern town of as-Samu' (ancient Eshtemoa, mentioned multiple times in the Bible) in the southern Hebron Hills. The site was discovered in 1934, but excavations were halted due to the arab riots. After 1967, the site was properly excavated; it was being used as a pen, and the Arabs living on parts of it were compensated and removed. A hoard of silver trinkets dating to the First Temple period was found underneath one of the adjacent rooms.

The Israeli archaeological authorities are finally restoring Herod's pool near Patzael 🥳🇮🇱

Should I start a new series of daily posts about ancient synagogues in Israel? 🇮🇱🕍

Wow, I missed my Tefilin!

Sharing a little handpan tune as we depart from our Sukka, to the beautiful words: "And I will bring them to My holy mountain,​ and make them joyful in My house of prayer; their off​erings and sacrifice​s shall be acceptable upon Mine altar; for My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations" (Isaiah 56:7) Wishing you a blessed Shabbat Shalom and Chag Sameach! 🎵🕯🕯🇮🇱

⚠️ Multiple terror attacks and provocations today from arabs and far-left anarchists in Judea and Samaria. In this video arabs from Al-Muhhayir attack a Jewish shepherd this morning. The IDF was alerted, and 2 of the terrorists were arrested. פתקא טבא

הוֹשַׁעְ נָא זַיִת מִנָּשֶׁל, הוֹשַׁעְ נָא!

Guess what we made today? 🤩🫒

Multiple incidents today of arabs attacking Jews in Judea and Samaria. Using the cover of the olive-picking season, they come close to Jewish towns, farms, and shepherds and attack them. You will only hear about this on the news when the Jews fight back.

This Jewish shepherd sings the morning prayer for Sukkot. Beautiful! Happy Sukkot! 🌿🍋🇮🇱