Tehillim Psalm 12
This week’s Tehillim is in memory of Rochel Leah bat Avrahom Eliezer
In life, very often we will be let down by our fellow humans....
Parshat Vayera
How do we explain the incongruous nature of the blessings at a brit milah? At a circumcision the mohel makes the bracha: ‘al hamila’...
Ask the Rabbi – Separation, Superstion and Sports on Shabbat
To Divorce or Not To Divorce?
Dear Rabbi
My wife and I have a terrible relationship. We are fighting and screaming all the time. I think...
Rabbi Yissocher Frand on the Ukraine crisis
In a powerful drosho to a packed Torahway audience in Golders Green, Rabbi Yissocher Frand discussed how we Yidden should respond to the current...
What sort of Jewish state?
The Palestinians and the world are not stupid. They know quite well that we are a Jewish and democratic State. Their deeds leave no...
Tehillim Psalm 16
This week’s Tehillim is in memory of Esther bat Yaacov Moshe
In this week’s psalm, we open with the line that has been used by...
Corona Diary #26: Time After Time by Rabbi Moshe Taragin
Jewish holidays recount seminal moments of Jewish history. These annual celebrations shape our collective memory just as they animate our common future. The celebration...
Tehillim – Psalm 50
This week’s Psalm finishes the book that many people recite for Monday. As well as splitting the Tehillim into portions for each day of...
Ask Rabbi Schochet
Dear Rabbi
In these trying times I am desperately looking for some comfort and some words of encouragement. So many people have taken ill and...
Happy? I’m just not feeling it!
Dear Rabbi
We are supposed to rejoice in the month of Adar and especially on Purim. But what if you’re just not feeling it? I...
