Archive: October 2022
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Noach: What is our most repetitive blessing?
Transcript: What is our most repetitive blessing? Without doubt it’s the bracha we recite over a rainbow. In Parshat Noach, the Torah tells us that immediately after the flood Hashem Read more... -
Bereishit: Why the world is built and preserved with 7 and 28
Transcript: The very first verse of the Torah – “Bereishit barah Elokim et hashamayim v’et haaretz,” – “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth,” contains seven words Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Simchat Torah 2022
“God spoke the universe into existence, to teach us the immeasurable power of words.” “Not everything I think should be said, not everything I say should be written, Read more... -
Shemini Atzeret: A most unusual festival!
Transcript: Shemini Atzeret is a most unusual festival. Other festivals have special mitzvot: on Rosh Hashanah we blow the shofar; on Pesach we hold a seder; on Chanukah we light Read more... -
Succot: So many festivals in just a few weeks!
Transcript: This month is packed with major festivals, but we need them all. As I see it, in the same way as we need all three paragraphs of the shema, Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Yom Kippur 2022
“Instead of trying to impose values on others, we should strive to inspire them, of their own accord, to wish to do what is right and beneficial for themselves and Read more...
