War in Ukraine, moral complexity in Jerusalem
Life is complex and rarely one-dimensional. Our greatest mistakes occur when we oversimplify complex issues. If our personal lives are complex, history is even...
Tehillim – Psalm 56
Very often when a person’s situation seems completely hopeless, he will lose all hope and utterly despair. However King David did not lose any...
Tehillim – Psalm 54
This week’s Psalm is the last in the section for day nine. When a person is unfortunately betrayed by loved ones and pursued by...
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...
Cyber-Towers of Modern Bavel
Sadly, an entire planet had suffered total moral collapse and was tragically annihilated by the violent waters of the flood. Noach’s world disappears and...
OzTorah: The mind & the mouth – Sh’mini
Torah reading: Sh'mini
FOOD LAWS – THE MIND & THE MOUTH
A rabbi sometimes has a hard life. People expect so much of him. Actually most rabbis...
People of copper, people of gold – Tetzaveh – by Rabbi Dr Raymond Apple
Parashat T’tzaveh focusses on the Sanctuary and its appurtenances.
The Sanctuary vessels were variegated and each had its own function. The Lubavitcher Rebbe used to...
Tehillim Psalm 25
This week’s Psalm begins with the word ‘LDavid’ – ‘By David.’ This is a popular opening, found across many Psalms.
According to Rabbi Hirsch, the...
Is all your food Kosher for Mercy?
By Rabbi Arnold Saunders
Are you ready for the Festival of Mercy? What!?- you have never heard of the festival of Mercy? Let me explain.....
Ask The Rabbi – B’RACHAH OR KIDDUSH?
B’RACHAH OR KIDDUSH?
Q. In South Africa the refreshments after a Shabbat service are called a "b’rachah". Elsewhere it is a "kiddush". Which one is...
