Yitzhak Rabin served as IDF chief of staff and two terms as prime minister of Israel. On November 4, 1995, Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, an extreme right-wing activist who opposed Rabin’s political ideology.

A look at the Kabbalistic significance of the Counting of the Omer, which culminates in the festival of Shavuot

When cholera ran rampant, saving lives superseded all else.