Shemot archive
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D’var Torah: Parashat Beshalach & Tu Bishvat
Tu Bishvat reminds us that the Torah is both timeless and timely. This Shabbat, in addition to reading Parashat Beshalach, we will be celebrating Tu Bishvat, our New Year for Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Bo
Spoiler alert: Let us not become the ‘dog which barks’ In Parashat Bo, after many years of persecution and slavery, Bnei Yisrael were ready to leave Egypt. And then Hashem Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Va’eira
Importance is just a figment of our imagination. In Parashat Va’eira, on the eve of the redemption of our people, we have a long list of genealogical information presented to Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Shemot
We all have the potential to be great. In Parashat Shemot, we have one of the most significant birth announcements ever: Vayeilech Ish Mibeit Levi Vayikach Et Bat Levi Vatahar Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Pekudei
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... -
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... -
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...
