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...
Parshat Balak
There were nearly four paragraphs of the Shema.
The Gemarah in Mesechet Brachot (12) tells us that originally, our sages wanted to add a fourth...
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...
Parshat Toledot
In this week’s D’var Torah the Chief Rabbi explains why Yitzchak is the embodiment of continuity and stability.
‘The son of his father and the...
Parshat Vayeshev
In this week’s D’var Torah the Chief Rabbi asks what it was that caused the waters to part.
What did the sea see?
In Psalm 114,...
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...
Parshat Vayishlach
In this week’s D’var Torah the Chief Rabbi wonders whether El Al is a suitable name for an airline.
Is El Al a suitable name...
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...
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’...
Parshat Ki Tetze
A teacher’s mistake once caused a national catastrophe.
This week’s Parasha of Ki Tetze gives us the Mitzvah, ‘Timche Et Zeicher Amalek Mitachat Hashamayim Lo...
