Messages from the Rabbi: Archives
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…