* Articles #2,4 are for the Three Weeks and for Tisha b'Av respectively. For Jerusalem's 'role' during this important time period, we are honored to repeat on our home page last week's lead article from Rabbi Steinsaltz z'l.
* We are also honored to post an article (#3) by the American-born noted Kabbalist, Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh, of which the first publication of it was here on KabbalaOnline.org a few decades ago. It presents important information about the mitzvot of Mezuzot and Tefillin, both of which are mentioned in the Shema Yisrael prayer which is first mentioned in the Torah in this week's reading and next week's.
* Article #5, a translation by a contemporary Sephardic Kabbalist of a major 19th century text of an admired Chasidic Rebbe, also provides a deep Kabbalah insight into Shma Yisrael; it [Interestingly, the story (#7) also includes an important insight into saying the 'Shma.’]
* Articles #2-5,7 all related to the weekly reading, Va'etchanan.