Education archive
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Mishpatim: Do your pets know when it is Shabbat?
Transcript: Do your pets know when it is shabbat? I find it fascinating how often over the years people have actually said to me that they genuinely believe that in Read more... -
Yitro: The best entry points to greater Jewish engagement
Transcript: What is the best entry point through which more people can engage better with their Judaism? Parshat Yitro commences with the words, “Vayishma Yitro,” – “Yitro heard.” (Shemot 18:1). Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Holocaust Memorial Day 2022
“Whoever listens to a witness, becomes a witness” “The boy is not a Picasso”. With these words, in 1946, a London publisher explained why the drawings of Thomas Read more... -
Beshalach: How to integrate and not assimilate
Transcript: He is probably the most outstanding Biblical role model for our times. This is my view of Joseph. But why am I referring to him at a time when Read more... -
Bo: The slave to the compass has freedom of the seas
Transcript: Were we liberated from one form of servitude, only to enter another? In Parshat Bo, the Torah describes how Hashem commanded Moshe to appear before Pharaoh, King of Egypt. Read more... -
Va’era: Never tolerate the intolerable!
Transcript: We should never tolerate an intolerable situation. In Parshat Va’era (Shemot 6:6) Hashem promises the suffering Israelites in Egypt, “Vehotseiti etchem mitachet sivlot Mitzrayim,” – “I will deliver you Read more... -
Vayechi: What’s your greatest blessing?
Transcript: What’s the greatest blessing one can have? Parshat Vayechi is the parsha of blessings. At the conclusion of Sefer Bereishit, Jacob gives blessings to his sons in Egypt. Before Read more... -
Vayigash: Are you like old wine in a new bottle?
Transcript What’s the connection between old wine and Jewish continuity? In Parshat Vayigash we read how Joseph revealed his true identity to his brothers in Egypt, (Bereishit 45:4) and then Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Chanukah 2021
When we cannot control the events that affect us, we nonetheless can control our response to them. “There is no joy as great as the resolution of doubt.” This Read more... -
Vayeishev: Our greatest inspiration can be found within ourselves!
Transcript Sometimes, our greatest inspiration comes from within ourselves. In Parshat Vayeishev, the Torah describes how Yaakov favoured his son Yosef and a reason is given for this in Bereishit Read more...
