Parashat Beha’alotecha – How long should a prayer take?
The Gemarah in Mesechet Brachot (34a) tells us of a story of a Tefillah, a prayer service, which was taking place in the Beit...
Ask The Rabbi – Recording Boris: Right or Wrong?
Dear Rabbi
Is it ever right to listen in on someone else’s conversations? I have been having this debate with my wife – a die...
Rebbe’s Chanukah campaign burns bright
Fifty years ago, The Rebbe launched his global Chanukah campaign.
Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson's aim was to share the light of Chanukah with Jews around...
Parashat Vayigash
In this week’s D’var Torah the Chief Rabbi asks how we can maximise the opportunity of every day.
How many days old are you?
This sounds...
Ask The Rabbi – 04/02/19
Dear Rabbi
It was such a breath of fresh air when the Jewish Weekly started and although you had some glitches in consistently producing a weekly publication, I...
Ask The Rabbi
Is The Media Really Biased Against Jews?
Dear Rabbi
You have written here before about...
Exposure or Insulation
By Rav Moshe Taragin
Ya’akov hurriedly spirits his camp to safety across the Yabok river to protect them from Esav’s murderous gang. The Torah carefully...
AMALEK – Our perennial foe
Rabbi Saunders
This week is Parshat Zachor- the second of the “Arbah Parshiot.” We read a short but powerful piece from the Book of Devarim...
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...
