OzTorah: The mind & the mouth – Sh’mini
Torah reading: Sh'mini
FOOD LAWS – THE MIND & THE MOUTH
A rabbi sometimes has a hard life. People expect so much of him. Actually most rabbis...
New! Pirkei Avot column!
150 issues since we began, we have reached the conclusion of Tehillim.
We are now...
Thoughts on the Parshah
BY Rabbi Aryeh zev Saunders
In chapter 13 verse 16 Moshe changes Joshua’s name from Hoshea to Yehoshua by adding an extra letter, Vav. Rashi...
The Mechanism of Prayer
A Torah Bite for the Shabbat Table by Rabbi Ben Goodman
Time is a funny thing. Each day we...
Tehillim – Psalm 57
King David was hiding in a cave, when remarkably his own father in law, King Saul came in to the same cave, together with...
Ask Rabbi Schochet on the Gov’t proposals for abolishing masks and social distancing
Masks On or Off? A Covid Reality Check
Dear Rabbi
With the government’s new proposals to abolish masks and social distancing, I wonder what your view...
Prayer perspectives
The Amidah in numbers
Looking closely at the Amidah allows us to see how numbers are at the root of the fabric that weaves together...
Ask the Rabbi – What is the question?
WHAT IS THE QUESTION?
Abraham Joshua Heschel said that our generation knows the answers but has forgotten the questions.
With regard to Pesach we know that...
Ask Rabbi Shochet on Rabbi’s Sermons and Jewish Unity
Is Presentation Everything?
Dear Rabbi
I attend a Synagogue where the Rabbi, not originally English, struggles to express himself properly. We all understand what he’s saying...
Tehilim Psalm 43
In this week’s Psalm, King David asks Hashem to champion his cause and avenge him against the nations who are ‘without kindness.’ Rabbi Hirsch...
