Yom Hashoah: interviews with three Jewish martyrs

On a wintry October day in 1941 The Jews of the Kovno ghetto were assembled at an Umshlagplatz (gathering place), about to be deported...

Jewish youngsters urged to ‘pass on the torch of memory’

After two years, March of the Living UK - an annual trip giving young people from the UK access to experiential Holocaust education in...

Parshat Metzorah: speech, propaganda, and Seder night

This week's Torah portion describes the procedures that must be taken to cleanse the gossiper inflicted with tzoraat. He is sprinkled with the blood of...

Expensive Afikoment presents

Dear Rabbi Is it appropriate to give expensive presents to children or stealing the Afikomen? When I was growing up it was always some sweets...

Pesach: guardians of the galaxy

As the seder winds down the tension builds. Who has stolen the afikoman, and what price will it take to release this crucial hostage,...

Ta’am’s ten plagues immersive Seder

Discussion about the ten plagues is one of the most important parts of the Seder and the story of the Exodus. And what better...

Deepening our perception of challenges

In our last article, we discussed how the purpose of a challenge, as the Ramban explains, is to push us to actualize our latent...

Women & “respect for the community” – Ask the Rabbi

Q. Why does the Talmud say that women are not called to the Torah because of "k’vod hatzibbur" – "respect for the community"? A. Theoretically...

The Chris Vs Will Debate

Dear Rabbi OK so by now everyone has seen the whole episode of Chris Rock making fun of Will Smith’s wife’s illness and the latter...

Parshat Tazria: even a miracle requires waiting

We’ve now entered the thicket of Sefer Vayikra, dealing as it does with the more obscure laws of sacrifices, Biblical leprosy, cleansing, and purity. Whilst...

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