Speak up and speak out for those who live in the shadow of Haman
By Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence
As we get ready for Purim we are reminded of the villainy of Haman, who proclaimed that a certain people was...
Ki Tisa: Returning to the Big Stage
The circumstances were dire. Weeks after pledging allegiance to Hashem we debased ourselves, frolicking around a calf fashioned from gold. The crashing sounds at...
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Es Pas Nisht – What Does That Mean?
Dear Rabbi
I have often heard the expression, “es pas nisht” which I believe means “it’s not nice behaviour for a...
Shemita and Corona
By Rabbi Moshe Targin
In the modern industrialized world the mitzvah of Shemittah may seem a bit remote with little relevance for our daily urbanized...
Tehillim – Psalm 28
Whilst a person is alive, he has all the days of his life to earn G-d’s mercy before his trial in the afterlife. However,...
Ask Rabbi Apple on the Chosenness, Family Ties and Ecology
BEING THE "CHOSEN PEOPLE"
Q. Isn’t it arrogant and exclusionist for us to regard ourselves as the Chosen People?
A. The concept of Jewish "chosenness" offends...
Seedlings turn overnight into sunflowers
In the second blessing of the Amidah, we talk about the revival of the dead. Indeed, belief in the resurrection of the dead is...
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...
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I really enjoy reading your section in The Jewish Weekly and I would like to ask you a question....
