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Parashah of the week: Shabbat Chol Hamo’ed Succot

“And you shall not appear before Me empty-handed” Exodus 34:20

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Celebrating Succot in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 2025 (photo: Getty Images)

Moses, by James Tissot (1836-1902, from the Jewish Museum, New York)

Parashah of the week: Devarim

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Botticelli's The Punishment of Korah (Wikimedia Commons)

Parashah of the week: Korach

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'The land shall have her rest' - palm grove in the Negev (photo: Getty Images)

Parashah of the week: Behar-Bechukkotai

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Parashah of the week: Ki Tissa

“And he saw … and he threw the tablets from his hands shattering them” Exodus 32:19

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March 13, 2025 12:15

Moses with the Tablets of the Law, Rembrandt (Wikimedia Commons)

Parashah of the week: Beshallach

“Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to Hashem” Exodus 15:1

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February 6, 2025 16:19

Moses and Miriam singing at the Red Sea, Rubens, 1620 (Wikimedia Commons)

Parashah of the week: Vayiggash

“For your servant guaranteed for the lad, to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him to you, I will have sinned to my father for all time’.” Genesis 44:32)

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January 2, 2025 10:32

Judah conversing with Joseph in Egypt, James Tissot, France, late 19th-early 20th century (Jewish Museum of New York/Wikimedia Commons_

Parashah of the week: Toldot

“And Isaac again dug the wells of water which they had dug in the days of his father, Abraham” Genesis 26:17

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November 28, 2024 13:09

Isaac at the well (Providence Lithograph Company, 1906/Wikimedia Commons)

Parashah of the week: Bereshit

“It is only about fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden that God said: ‘You shall not eat of it or touch it, lest you die’” Genesis 2:3

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October 22, 2024 11:20

The serpent in the Garden of Eden, as depicted in the Creation Museum, Kentucky (Wikimedia)

Jewish matchmaking means socialising face to face and not using social media

Human beings are social animals and thrive on an affinity to a group - that's why organisations such as the JLE play a vital role

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June 1, 2023 13:37

Rabbi Benjy Morgan

Latest from Rabbi Benjy Morgan

Parashah of the week: Shabbat Chol Hamo’ed Succot

Parashah of the week: Devarim

Parashah of the week: Korach

Parashah of the week: Behar-Bechukkotai

More from Rabbi Benjy Morgan

Parashah of the week: Ki Tissa

Parashah of the week: Beshallach

Parashah of the week: Vayiggash

Parashah of the week: Toldot

Parashah of the week: Bereshit

Jewish matchmaking means socialising face to face and not using social media