Tehillim – Psalm 52
When King David was forced to flee from his father in law King Saul, he hid with Achimelech the Kohen. Doeg, his once friend...
Tehillim – Psalm 53
This week’s Tehillim looks prophetically ahead to the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash and the its eventual restoration in the times of Mashiach. The...
Ask the Rabbi – Abortion
ABORTION
Q. Does Judaism permit abortions?
A. Judaism regards children as a blessing and procreation as a religious and moral obligation.
Through children, a couple cements their...
Ask the Rabbi – DOES GOD CARE HOW WE WORSHIP HIM?
DOES GOD CARE HOW WE WORSHIP HIM?
Q. Whether in a synagogue, church or mosque, does God really care how people worship Him?
A. Our prayer...
Ask The Rabbi – HANDLING YOUR EMPLOYEES
HANDLING YOUR EMPLOYEES
Q. What does the Talmud mean when it says that whoever acquires a servant acquires a master over himself?
A. The source is...
Parshat Bechukotai: what drives history?
Our sedra contains the tochacha, a whole litany of curses that will befall the Jewish People should they turn away from a life of...
Tehillim Psalm 14
In this week’s Psalm, King David reflects on a world where degraded people deny Hashem exists and therefore, they persecute Israel, thinking that they...
Ask Rabbi Shochet on Rosh Hashana spent at home
HOW YOU CAN MAKE ROSH HASHANAH AT HOME A MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE
Dear Rabbi
I am what they call a three time a year Jew. That said,...
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...
Ask Rabbi Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple was for many years Australia’s highest profile rabbi and the leading spokesman on Jewish religious issues. After serving congregations in London,...
