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...
Parashat Beha’alotecha – How long should a prayer take?
The Gemarah in Mesechet Brachot (34a) tells us of a story of a Tefillah, a prayer service, which was taking place in the Beit...
Parashat Vayigash
In this week’s D’var Torah the Chief Rabbi asks how we can maximise the opportunity of every day.
How many days old are you?
This sounds...
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’...
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,...
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 Ki Tavo
There is a punishment for not being happy.
It’s in this week’s Parasha of Ki Tavo: the long list of the Klalot, the curses, of...
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...
Chief Rabbi’s Dvar Torah : Parshat Vayikra
In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi explains why we must invest in our teachers.
https://youtu.be/O_TxeSSJ4iI
The leftovers of the ‘Mincha’ offering were to...
Tisha B’Av
It is forbidden to study Torah. This is one of the surprising Halachot of the fast day of Tisha B’Av, which we will be...
