When pushed I sometimes concede to my family outside Israel that the chagim are not so different in the diaspora and in Israel. After all, most religious people spend the […]
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While everyone is busy with Yom Kippur and Succos and all the mitzvos and preparations that go along with them, the latter part of Succos— Hoshana Rabbah— can get a […]
Imagine a doctor walking in the street and he sees a man missing an arm. The doctor approaches the fellow and asks him, “I see you are missing an arm. […]
As we bid farewell with a heavy heart to the uplifting days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we look forward to the wonderful Yom Tov of Sukkos –זמן שמחתנו […]
In this week’s Torah reading, Abraham was visited by three angels disguised as humans. Assuming them to be ordinary guests, Abraham ran to prepare a lavish meal for them. In […]
Parshas Nitzavim is a direct continuation from the end of Parshas Ki Savo, which we read last week. The main theme of Ki Savo was the Tochacha, the Admonition, in which Moses describes, in very […]
The posuk (Torah verse)[1] says, “A tzaddik (righteous person) falls seven times, and rises.” Seven is the number that signifies completeness. In space, there are seven heavens (and seven continents […]
Everyone in Great Britain, The Realms and The Commonwealth, and the entire world for that matter, is witnessing history in the making. As I prepare this article for publication, we […]
Many of us approach the day of Rosh Hashana with worry and fear, feeling that we’re not good enough and thinking that we didn’t improve in the past year. Why […]
The Hebrew month of Elul is upon us. What is significant about this month? An old Jewish saying goes “in Elul, even the fish in the water tremble”. The upcoming […]
