Messages from the Rabbi: Archives

February 2018, Shabbat Zachor

Dear friends, This Shabbat is the Shabbat before Purim and is called Shabbat Zachor –Shabbat of Remembrance. Being that Jews are like elephants with very long memories and a tendency…

February 2018, Parshat Terumah

Dear friends, This week’s Parshat Terumah is admittedly not one which easily gels with me. It begins with a detailed list of items Moshe is to fundraise. Now I find…

February 2018, Parshat Mishpatim

Dear friends, This week’s Parsha, Parshat Mishpatim, is crammed full with laws which in fact begins with the words ‘and these are the laws’. There is so much rich fodder…

February 2018, Parshat Yitro

Dear friends, This week’s Parsha is a favourite for a variety of reasons. Superficially, it is a relatively short one which meant that as a very young teenager I had…

January 2018, Happy New Year

Dear Friends, An independently certifiably wise man who happens to be my father-in-law, recently sent me an article from the New York Times entitled "Why 2017 Was the Best Year…