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2 months ago | 
jpost.com | David Berger
In an emotionally charged meeting held last night at the Kfar Maccabiah Hotel, Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto arrived to meet Agam Berger and Keith Siegel, two of the released hostages from Hamas captivity.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
jpost.com | David Berger
This week’s Torah portion, Parashat Shemot, offers a profound insight into God’s guidance and the vital role patience plays in our lives, explained Rabbi Yeshayahu Pinto. In the portion, God commands Moses that, in preparation for the Exodus from Egypt, the Israelite women should borrow garments, silver, and gold items from their Egyptian neighbors for themselves and their children. But why did this command focus specifically on the women and children?
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
washingtonpost.com | David Berger
Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies, was mayor of New York from 2002 to 2013 and has chaired the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Board since 2022. Gen. David Berger (USMC, Retired) served as the 38th commandant of the Marine Corps from 2019 to 2023. The views expressed here are their own.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
biorxiv.org | Patrick T. Rohner |David Berger
AbstractEvolutionary change necessitates genetic variation, and a reigning paradigm in biology is that rates of microevolution can be predicted from estimates of available genetic variation within populations. However, the accuracy of such predictions should decay on longer evolutionary timescales, as the influence of genetic constraints diminishes.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
jpost.com | David Berger
Thousands participated last night in a massive event held at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, near the graves of the patriarchs, with the presence of the Admor Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, who came specially to Israel to attend the event. Alongside Rabbi Pinto were his son and successor, Rabbi Yoel Pinto, his son Rabbi Meir Eliyahu Pinto, and his brother Rabbi Menachem Pinto. Also in attendance was the leader of the Breslov Hasidic community, Rabbi Shalom Arush, who sat next to Rabbi Pinto.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
jpost.com | David Berger
Parashat Vayechi describes the final years of Jacob our forefather, and seemingly in a puzzling manner, the Torah alternates between calling him by his two names – Jacob and Israel. While with Abraham, the name change from Abram to Abraham was absolute, with Jacob, both names are used interchangeably, as if each represents a different aspect of his spiritual personality.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
jpost.com | David Berger
Amid the current security tensions in Israel, Rabbi Meir Eliyahu Pinto, son of the esteemed Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, led a heartfelt prayer journey yesterday to the graves of prominent Jewish sages buried in northern Israel, visiting the cities of Meron, Safed, and Tiberias.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
jpost.com | David Berger
A special evening of piyutim (liturgical poems) and Torah learning took place last night at the Malka family home in Beit Shemesh, featuring Rabbi Yoel Pinto, the son and successor of Rabbi Yeshayahu Pinto. The event began with a performance by Moroccan cantor Shimon Siboni, who sang the piyut “Yafeh VeTama” (“Beautiful and Perfect”) in honor of Rabbi Yoel Pinto. The rendition, rooted in the rich tradition of Moroccan Jewish piyutim, set a moving and profound tone for the evening.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
jpost.com | David Berger
During one of his recent lectures, Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto shared a moving story about an extraordinary encounter he had with a wealthy and successful man who chose integrity and truth as his guiding principles in life. “Eight months ago, we were in Europe,” the rabbi began. “We met a remarkable man, 82 years old, an extraordinarily wealthy individual who owns a company valued at 1.7 billion euros.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
jpost.com | David Berger
With tears and heartfelt eulogies, Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto bid an emotional farewell late last night in Rabat to five victims of a tragic car accident in Morocco. The deceased were: Moshe Galant, Yisrael Meir Shasha, Rabbi Natan Shapira, Yosef Chaim Teflinski, and Rabbi Shimon Teflinski, all of blessed memory, devout Breslov followers. Rabbi Pinto was accompanied by Israel’s ambassador to Morocco, Yossi Ben-David.
