Jewish Geography

What do Hatikvah, psalm 126, a rabbinic dictum about "the doings of the fathers are a sign for the sons", the parshah, and the six day war have in common? In this week's episode of the Jewish Geography podcast we introduce the shows new theme music, discuss fathers and sons, and follow how the actions of the patriarchs reverberate and play out through the parshah and through history, up to and including the 6 day war. Listen to find out how! You can find the full text of Psalm 126, Shir Hamaalot at Sefaria.org, as well as an excellent article on the history of Hatikva as the Israeli national anthem HERE. Here is a photo I took of Rav Goren's siddur and shofar, on display at the Davidson Center in Jerusalem. And the iconic picture of the Rav blowing the shofar at the Western Wall. Read the text of the parshah, Vaeira on Sefaria.org. In the podcast I discuss a particular scene in the battle for Jerusalem in 1967. If you're interested in understanding a bit more about the context for that battle I found thi