Naming the Levinger Highway to Hevron

by Hillel Fendel

First Menachem Begin, Yitzchak Rabin, former Foreign Minister Yigal Alon – and now Rabbi and Rabbanit Levinger of the City of the Patriarchs [Hevron] have joined the club: They all have highways named after them in Israel.

Kvish Rabin (Highway 6) is Israel's first toll highway, from the Galilee to the Negev; Kvish Begin runs through Jerusalem; and Kvish Alon in the Jordan Valley. The latest of these routes is still under construction, but it already has a name: Kvish Levinger, named after the founders of modern-day Jewish Hevron, Rabbi Moshe and Rabbanit Miriam Levinger.

Needed: Three New Shomron Highways

by Matanel Eitan, inn.co.il/besheva, translated by Hillel Fendel

The Jewish towns and settlement enterprise in Shomron (Samaria) is growing and thriving – but the challenge facing local and national government is whether the transportation infrastructures can keep pace.

Torah from Bet El: Vayeshev

Secrets of the Return to Zion in the Story of Yoseph

Baruch Gordon looks at the story of Yosef to find out his secret in bringing the Mashiach ben Yosef. He discusses a teaching of the Vilna Gaon, who shares a remarkable insight into the powerful character of Yosef and how his example inspires us today in the Land of Israel.

Torah from Bet El: Vayishlakh

 The Importance of Purchasing Land in Israel

Baruch Gordon looks at the story of Yaakov returning to Israel after being abroad, and his purchase of a field. Why does the Torah bother to tell us about this purchase and what is its significance for us today? Watch the video to find out.