{"id":31,"date":"2025-04-28T13:16:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhr.digiproduct.co.il\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2026-08-05T11:12:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:12:55","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rhr.org.il\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t<section class=\"home-top-block\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"home-top-bg-slider owl-carousel\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.rhr.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/home-top.jpg');\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container home-top__container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"left\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"home-top__title\">\u201cBlessed are those who uphold justice and act righteously at all times\u201d<\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhr.org.il\/en\/donate\/\" class=\"home-top__button\">Donate<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"right\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/section>\r\n\t\n\n\n\n\r\n\t<section class=\"about-block\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"container about__container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"about__title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout the Organization\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"about__image mobile\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhr.org.il\/en\/home\/about-organization\/\" alt=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"about__text\"><div class=\"nu\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><em>Rabbis for Human Rights is the Jewish voice on human rights.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\">Founded in 1988, it brings together more than 170 members \u2013 ordained rabbis and rabbinical students from across the denominations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"about__buttons\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/en\/about\/\" class=\"about__button about__button_1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"about__image desktop\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhr.org.il\/en\/home\/about-organization\/\" alt=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/section>\r\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"support-block\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.rhr.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/support-bg.png)\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container support__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"support__title\">Support Our Work<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"support__text\"><div class=\"nu\">\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;\">Your donation enables us to continue advancing human rights in the spirit of Jewish tradition. Every gift, large or small, helps us to defend human rights and build a more just society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/en\/donate\/\" class=\"support__button\">Donate Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"cards_2__block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"cards_2__title\">Weekly Torah Portion<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards_2__tabs tabs\" style=\"display:none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"tab\" data-tab=\"tab-a566b2bebc\" data-type=\"\">papers<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards tab-content\" id=\"tab-a566b2bebc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"card__title\">Unless G-D Builds the House, its Builders Labor in Vain on it; Unless G-D Watches Over the City, the Guard Keeps Vigil in Vain<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__subtitle\">Thoughts for Parashat Re&#8217;eh \/ Rabbi Gabi Barzilai<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__text\"><div class=\"nu\">The theme of the firstborn and the first fruits appears again and again in Parashat Re&#8217;eh, a portion composed largely of laws and commandments that closely resemble the covenantal laws of Sinai in the Book of Exodus. The guiding principle behind dedicating to God every first fruit, every firstborn child, and every firstborn of both humans and animals is gratitude. 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Purim Jews live in a zero-sum world, where the response to the persecutions we have suffered is \u201cVenahapoch hu\u201d(the other way around): now we hold power, and therefore we will persecute our enemies, behave as they do, conquer, humiliate, dispossess, expel, and kill, trapped in an endless cycle of revenge. Passover Jews, by contrast, understand that the journey from slavery to freedom is not the end of the story. Freedom finds its fulfillment in the acceptance of Torah, which warns us that if we behave like the nations, we will be perish as they have.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhr.org.il\/en\/torah-chapter\/parshat-eikev\/\" class=\"card__button\">Read more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"card__title\">Repair Breaches<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__subtitle\">Thoughts for Tisha B&#8217;Av \/ Rabbi Amnon Ribak<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__text\"><div class=\"nu\">We are a nation accustomed to losing homes. Tisha B&#8217;Av reminds us of the two Temples, and in fact, the two national homes that were destroyed on this day. 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