Tehillim Psalm 21
This week’s Tehillim is in memory of Louise Haft
On Rosh Hashanah, we spend the day in shul, acknowledging that Hashem is our King. With...
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Schochet
How holy is your body?
Dear Rabbi,
My grandfather is critically ill and I just found out he has requested that he should be cremated. My...
Ready for the day after – Vayakhel
We open the sidra this week with Moshe Rabbenu assembling the Israelites and telling them 39 things which God expects them to do –...
Chief Rabbi’s Dvar Torah : Parshat Tazria Metzora
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6NE8tlQ2w
In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi discusses the meaning of “Yom Ha’atzmaut”.
The term Yom Ha’atzmaut is taken from the root ‘Etzem’,...
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,...
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...
Torah reading: Balak
MAY JACOB CRITICIZE THE TENTS OF OTHERS?
Parashat Balak quotes Bilam's praise of Israel – "How goodly are your tents, O Jacob: your dwelling places,...
Cannibalism, Candles and Conversions
by Rabbi Raymond Apple
CANNIBALISM
Q. Is cannibalism kosher? There was an incident in 1972 when survivors of a plane crash in the Andes ate the...
ARE YOUR CHILDREN ANGELS?
Dear Rabbi
I wonder if you could explain to me a message we can learn from the Cherubs in the Temple. I understand the significance...
The Chief Rabbi’s Dvar Torah – PURIM
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In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi explains why Purim can be regarded as the holiest day of the year.
On Purim, which...
