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Pesach Cleaning or OCD
Dear Rabbi
It’s that time of year again! I always find post Purim a really anxious time as I get stuck in...
Hidden Treasure: Bava Metzia 25b
My neighbour’s father was niftar some thirty years ago and the inheriting family sold his house, their birth home in Stamford Hill, London, to...
Beyond the headlines
Last week, the somber news emerged that Major Daniel Perez, previously reported as a hostage, was tragically no longer among the living. Our hearts...
ANIMAL RIGHTS AND WRONGS
The sugya on Daf 32b debates whether צער בעלי חיים is a Torah law or not, but gives no indication where it is mentioned...
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IN MY OPINION
Dear Rabbi,
"I have read many of your remarks about Israel which I vehemently disagree with. Did you know that your comments last...
Rebbe’s Chanukah campaign burns bright
Fifty years ago, The Rebbe launched his global Chanukah campaign.
Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson's aim was to share the light of Chanukah with Jews around...
Purim: Our Existential Battle Against Amalek
As we encounter Purim, let us delve deeper into the unique spiritual and existential battle that the Jewish People must continue to wage against...
Escape From Shushan
Things in Shushan appeared to be humming along. Seventy years earlier, Yerushalayim fell to the invading Babylonian armies, and we scattered across the Middle...
It Didn’t Start October 7th
It Didn’t Start October 7th
Dear Rabbi,
I note your remarks last week about the United Nations being a mockery and completely unreliable. I am generally...
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PASSOVER WHISKY
Dear Rabbi I wonder if you saw the advert for Kosher for Passover whisky. I am new to all this stuff, but I...