Divrei Torah Archive
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Thought for the Day: Rosh Hashanah 5787
BBC Thought for the Day – Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis – BBC Sounds 11 SEPT 26 What Are Anniversaries For? Every one of a certain age can remember exactly Read more... -
The Chief Rabbi’s Rosh Hashanah Message 5787
In 2025, Netflix released a documentary entitled “Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever.” It followed Bryan Johnson, a billionaire entrepreneur who has devoted his life to slowing, Read more... -
Learning Happiness and Optimism from Selichot: D’var Torah for Parshat Nitzavim-Vayelech
This coming motzei Shabbat, in Ashkenazi circles, we will be commencing our annual season of Selichot. Of course, Sephardim have already commenced the Selichot from the beginning of Elul, and Read more... -
Life in the World To Come: D’var Torah for Parshat Ki Tavo
There are numerous references in the Torah from which we can learn that there is ongoing life for the soul in the world to come – though the Torah never Read more... -
Don’t Be Like an Ammonite or a Moabite: D’var Torah for Parshat Ki Teitzei
What was wrong with the Moabites and the Ammonites? We’re told that they were not to be brought into the assembly of God: “עַל דְּבַר אֲשֶׁר לֹא קִדְּמוּ אֶתְכֶם בַּלֶּחֶם Read more... -
Every Single day Should Be Like Day One: D’var Torah for Parshat Shoftim
In Parshat Shoftim, the Torah gives a commandment to a king: “וְהָיָה כְשִׁבְתּוֹ עַל כִּסֵּא מַמְלַכְתּוֹ” “And it shall come to pass when he is sitting on his throne” During Read more... -
Food Parcels Save Lives: D’var Torah for Parshat Re’eh
Food Parcels Save Lives In Parshat Re’eh, the Torah provides us with details of the eating of the sacrifices in Jerusalem: “וַאֲכַלְתֶּם שָׁם לִפְנֵי ה׳ אֱלֹקֵיכֶם” “And you shall eat Read more... -
Make a Bracha Before Eating? D’var Torah for Parshat Eikev
Make a Bracha Before Eating? Did you know that there is no mitzvah in the Torah for us to recite a blessing before we eat? In Parshat Eikev, we are Read more... -
When Does The Number of Words Recited Matter? D’var Torah for Parshat Vaetchanan
When Does The Number of Words Recited Matter? In Jewish tradition, there is a halacha determined by the number of words we recite – the Shema, the first paragraph of Read more... -
The Whole Jewish World Will Be Asking, “How?”: D’var Torah for Parshat Devarim
The Whole Jewish World Will Be Asking: “How?” Over the coming week, the whole Jewish world will be asking the same question again and again: “אֵיכָה?” “How?” How could we Read more...
