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Pesach Cleaning or OCD
Dear Rabbi
It’s that time of year again! I always find post Purim a really anxious time as I get stuck in...
Meaning and Purpose Part 1
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not...
Escape From Shushan
Things in Shushan appeared to be humming along. Seventy years earlier, Yerushalayim fell to the invading Babylonian armies, and we scattered across the Middle...
Nach Review: Yehoshua Chapter 3
Yehoshua gets up early in the morning, and the Jewish people journeyed from Shittim and arrived at the Jordan River. After three days, the...
Purim: Our Existential Battle Against Amalek
As we encounter Purim, let us delve deeper into the unique spiritual and existential battle that the Jewish People must continue to wage against...
Quality time..life saver or smoke screen?
Rabbi Malcolm Herman
A few years ago there was a poignant video doing the rounds. A young boy of about seven years old, called his...
New beginnings
We are now in the month of Nissan. Last week on Parshat Hachodesh we read of the significance of Nissan as “the head of...
Beyond the headlines
Last week, the somber news emerged that Major Daniel Perez, previously reported as a hostage, was tragically no longer among the living. Our hearts...
The Oscars Fiasco: A lesson
Rabbi Arnold Saunders
I am not normally given to discussing the finer points of the Oscars! However, this year's Oscar ceremony made the front pages...
