Why the Balfour Declaration Matters Today
And how the Palestinian narrative seeks to undermine it.
March 14, 2017
Using the Bible as a Fortune-Telling Device
The lottery of the Vilna Gaon.
In a practice popularly known as “the lottery of the Vilna Gaon,” a sage poses a question and then opens a Torah or Hebrew Bible seven times at random. A verse on the final page to be opened is then taken as an omen, and interpreted as an answer to the question. While the attribution of this rite to the 18th-century Rabbi Elijah Kramer of Vilna is mistaken, writes Shraga Bar-On, it does date back several centuries, and has even more ancient precursors:
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Iran Recruits Iraqis to Fight for the Golan Heights
The Golan Liberation Brigade.
Western Media Collude in the Political Agitations of Palestinian Journalists
A dirty little secret.
Using the Bible as a Fortune-Telling Device
The lottery of the Vilna Gaon.
Remnants of an Ancient Roman Road Discovered outside Jerusalem
The Empire’s Road.