Chief Rabbi Dvar Torah: Behar – Bechukotai
More than one million names of Shoah victims are not known to us. I find this to be so heart-breaking. Entire families were wiped...
Parshat Korach
What made Korach do something so crazy?
Even the most egotistically minded person would have realised that his revolt against people who had been appointed...
Parshat Matot-Masei
Rabbi Zecharia ben Avkulas was responsible for the destruction of our Temple. Who was this Rabbi and why was such a suggestion given?
During these...
The Chief Rabbi’s Dvar Torah : Parshat Terumah
http://chiefrabbi.org/article/dvar-torah-parashat-terumah/
In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi teaches us that when we master the art of giving, we receive in return.
At the...
Parshat Nitzavim – Vayelech
Why do Selichot always start on a Saturday night?
This coming Motzei Shabbat in Ashkenazi circles we will be commencing our season of Selichot.
Until medieval...
Chanukah
In this week’s D’var Torah, the Chief Rabbi teaches that we learn from the festival of Chanukah that dedication and education must go hand...
Chief Rabbi’s Dvar Torah : Parshat Tzav
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4sfGjen3_4
In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi explains why this will be a great Shabbat…
The Shabbat before Pesach is called Shabbat HaGadol,...
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is an anniversary; it’s the day on which Moshe came down from Mount Sinai on the second occasion. You’ll recall how, on...
Parashat Va’era
Importance is just a figment of our imagination.
In Parashat Va’era, on the eve of the redemption of our people, we have a long list...
Parashat Ha’azinu
Let’s make 5778 the year of the rope.
This coming Shabbat in Parashat Ha’azinu which we will read on Shabbat Shuva, the Torah will declare...
