Archive: March 2023
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Unity in Israel
The Chief Rabbi has issued the following statement calling for unity in Israel: I never thought that we would witness a time when citizens of Israel, including respected leaders, are Read more... -
A Time for Charoset
The Chief Rabbi’s Pesach Message 5783 The maror we eat during the Seder represents not only the suffering of our ancestors in Egypt, but also the inescapable presence of Read more... -
Pesach: Bitter herbs teach us what’s really important
Transcript: Do we have the right blessing? At our seder tables, we will be taking maror and we will dip it in charoset. However, the blessing that we will be Read more... -
Vayikra: Why do some people start in the middle?
Transcript Why do some people start in the middle? This coming shabbat we will be commencing our reading of Sefer Vayikra, the Book of Leviticus, the middle book of the Read more... -
Vayakhel-Pekudei: The man who couldn’t afford to close his factory on shabbat
Transcript: “If I close my factory on shabbat, I will lose 4000 rubles each time.” That was the reply given to the Chofetz Chaim by a Jewish factory owner in Read more... -
Ki Tisa: With how many hands was Moshe holding the tablets and why does it matter?
Transcript With how many hands was Moshe holding the tablets? In Parshat Ki Tisa, we are told how Moshe came down from the summit of Mount Sinai with the Ten Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Purim 2023
“The innate human instinct to reveal what is hidden runs deep.” Last week, readers of the Jewish Chronicle were surprised by a news report that King Charles is Read more... -
Why is the Book of Esther included in Tanach?
Transcript Why is the book of Esther included in Tanach? You might be wondering: how could it be possible for Esther not to be in Tanach? It’s one of our Read more...
