Ask Rabbi Shochet on Rabbi’s Sermons and Jewish Unity
Is Presentation Everything?
Dear Rabbi
I attend a Synagogue where the Rabbi, not originally English, struggles to express himself properly. We all understand what he’s saying...
Parshat Vayigash
THE LAST & THE LOST?
Many years have passed since Jacob and Joseph saw each other last. A lengthy period has separated them.
Finally comes the...
Torah reading: Acharei Mot
IT ALL ADDS UP
A major portion of this week's sidra recurs in the Torah readings on Yom Kippur morning and afternoon since it describes...
Dear Rabbi, can I buy a luxury car?
Dear Rabbi
I live as a member in a particularly Orthodox Jewish community. I recently bought a nice luxury car and all I get now...
Tehillim : Perek Aleph
This week’s Tehillim, is in memory of “Hayeled Yaakov Moshe Ben Harav Avraham”
פרק א
א אַֽשְֽׁרֵי־הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא הָלַךְ בַּֽעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים וּבְדֶרֶךְ חַטָּאִים לֹא עָמָד...
The fifth question many never ask
BEFORE, DURING or AFTER Pesach
Background:
I am an insurance broker by profession and for the last 70 years our business has helped our clients with...
Tefilla Gathering At Machzikei Hadass Manchester
Manchester's Machzekei Hadass Shul held a very well attended evening of Tefilla and inspiration headed by Rav Chaim Feivel Schneebalg who addressing the large...
Rabbi Moshe Taragin’s Torah from Eretz Yisrael
The current corona virus crisis has toppled the world order, sent stock markets plummeting and reshaped human consciousness. For many, it is,and will remain the most shocking event of their lifetimes. We...
Tehillim – Psalm 29
This week’s Tehillim is l’ilui nishmat Zelda bat Shoshana
This Psalm is well known as the one we sing both on Friday night as a...
Tehillim – Psalm 77
We have just finished the joyful festival of Chanukah. Fresh from watching Jews of all ages light up windows around the world...
