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D’var Torah: Parashat Pikudei
In a parasha devoted almost entirely to providing a balance sheet for the construction of the Mishkan, we witness Moshe’s full observance of the halachic concept of Marit Ayin מראית Read more... -
D’var Torah: Vayakhel-Shekalim
In his D’var Torah for this week the Chief Rabbi considers the messages imparted by two different palindromes – ‘V’natnu’ (‘They shall give’) appears in the special portion of ‘Shekalim’ Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Ki Tisa
Full transcript of the Chief Rabbi’s Dvar Torah for Ki Tisa: “In this week’s parasha of Ki Tisa, we are provided with details of the sin of the Read more... -
Op-Ed: ‘Israel Apartheid Week is a tragic obstacle to peace’
Writing in The New Statesman today, the Chief Rabbi decries the staging of ‘Israel Apartheid Week’, a period dedicated not to ‘nationalism’ or ‘awareness’, but to unbridled hatred of Israel. Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Tetzaveh
Whereas some Rabbonim have identified the ‘Shema Yisrael’ or ‘V’ahavta l’reacha kamocha’ as the most important passages in the Torah, Rabbi Shimon Ben Pazi pointed instead towards a passage in Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Mishpatim
In his D’var Torah for Mishpatim, the Chief Rabbi ponders the naming of the Shulchan Aruch, identifying the symbolic link between a laid table and Jewish Law to point to Read more... -
Op-Ed: Sexual violence and abuse are among the most insidious of evils
Writing in the Jewish News for Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week, the Chief Rabbi condemns a blight on our society, drawing on the Torah’s teachings to stress that Read more... -
Holocaust Memorial Day: ‘No Ifs, No Buts’
‘We will never stand idly by’ – In an impassioned plea to global society at yesterday’s Holocaust Memorial Event, the Chief Rabbi sought a collective commitment to genocide prevention, and Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Yitro
In Parashat Yitro, we learn that Moshe went out to greet his father-in-law, to be subsequently told that ‘the man’ enquired after the well-being of the other. The Chief Rabbi Read more... -
Blog: Survivors are performing a miraculous duty
In raising awareness of the horrors that befell them in order to make a positive impact on the world, Holocaust survivors are performing a miraculous duty, says the Chief Rabbi Read more...
