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Rabbi Raymond Apple was for many years Australia’s highest profile rabbi and the leading spokesman on Jewish religious issues. After serving congregations in London,...
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Torah readings: Tazria-M'tzora
DISEASE IN ANCIENT JERUSALEM
Contagious disease is a central feature of the Torah readings this Shabbat.
Strangely the disease did not spread in Temple...
Ask Rabbi Apple
Q&A with Rabbi Apple
A DIVORCE PARTY?
Q. I know some people that are making a party to celebrate getting divorced. Do you approve?
A. I would...
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...
Cannibalism, Candles and Conversions
by Rabbi Raymond Apple
CANNIBALISM
Q. Is cannibalism kosher? There was an incident in 1972 when survivors of a plane crash in the Andes ate the...
