Weekly Torah Portion

The Jewish people’s claim to the land of Israel is constantly in the news. Anti Zionists – shading into anti Semites – question our claim constantly, vociferously, and quite ignorantly.

29.11.2019

Previous Torah Portions

God’s commandment to Avraham to sacrifice his son, Yitzchak, and Avraham’s ready compliance, is an extremely troubling chapter. The questions are obvious: how could God make this strange, immoral demand, and how and why did Avraham agree to go through with it so quickly, with no argument or discussion?
15.11.2019
This morning, after shacharit, while walking to the makolet to pick up  challot for Shabbat, I saw a mother cat lying on the side of the path surrounded by  four or five really small, newborn kittens. As I approached, she stirred herself, and the tiny kittens quickly and nervously scattered. Instinct. Nature.
11.10.2019
As someone trying his best to speak reasonably and sensibly about Israel, I am often accused of a whole litany of high crimes and misdemeanors.
09.08.2019

Jewish Holidays

Rosh ha-Shanah: Redemption, Exile, Redemption: The Message of the Shofar

This week’s parsha, Nitzavim, which we read on the Shabbat before Rosh Hashanah, contains the parsha of Teshuva – Repentance.

Jewish Life Cycle

One of the most important mitzvoth in the Torah is called the מת מצוה (met mitzvah) – a deceased person whom it is a commandment to bury.

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