The Torah – not just another app!

Rabbi Benjy Rickman Former shaliach in Capetown (1998- 99) Currently Head of Kodesh in King David High School Manchester and Assitant Rav at Holy Law Shul Click Here for the PDF version We are blessed to be living at a time when Torah knowledge is so accessible. Apps...

To be Reborn – Shabbat Teshuvah and Yom Kippur

Rabbi Avi Goldberg Rosh Kollel in Memphis (2007 – 2011) Currently educator and rabbi of the Himelfarb School in Jerusalem, a volunteer with the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization Click HERE for the PDF version The days of repentance, call us to make a revolution in...

What are we doing here? A look at Moshe’s final message

  Every so often we come across a passuk that has a deep message for us both in olam haHalacha and in olam haMachshava. This week, in Moshe’s climatic rally, we are taught the following: כי שם ה’ אקרא הבו גדל לא-להינו (דברים לב:ג) When I will proclaim the...

A Misplaced Fast – 5778

  Rabbi Ilan Goldman Former Rav-Shaliach, Bnei Akiva England   A Misplaced Fast A unique attitude to the years cycle is taught by the Ramchal in Derech Hashem. Every time of year has its special potential and its exclusive light. This light was unveiled in...

Rosh HaShana: Time to Move​ -5778

   Rabbi Yisrael Cohn  Director of Aliyah, Jerusalem Municipality Rosh HaShana: Time to Move​ אמר רבי כרוספדאי אמר רבי יוחנן: שלשה ספרים נפתחין בראש השנה, אחד של רשעים גמורין, ואחד של צדיקים גמורין, ואחד של בינוניים. צדיקים גמורין – נכתבין ונחתמין לאלתר לחיים,...

Two strands of one thread – 5777

    Rabbi Benji Levy Dean of Moriah College, Sydney   Ideals and reality Two strands of one thread Parshat Ha’azinu begins, “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and may the earth hear the words of my mouth.” According to Rashi, when he was warning Israel,...

This Song Shall Testify Before Them as a Witness

Last week’s we got a brief introduction to this week’s Parasha when mentioning that the upcoming Song will serve as a witness, never to be forgotten, during the times when many evils and troubles come upon Bnei Yisrael. However, when expecting the song to...

Remembering The Days Of The World

Towards the beginning of the poem of Ha’azinu, we find a special command enjoining us to “remember”: “Remember the days of the world, understand the years of bygone generations; ask your father, and he will inform you, your elders – and they will tell you”...