Rabbi Mordechai Wollenberg

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Parashah of the week: Nitzavim-Vayelech

"You are standing here today, all of you... from the heads of tribes... to the woodcutters and water-drawers” Deuteronomy 29:9

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Thousands gather outside Downing Street to call for the immediate and unconditional release of the Gaza hostages, June 2, 2024 (Credit: Daniel Ben-David)

Do smaller charitable causes get enough of our support? (photo: Katt Yukawa on Unsplash.com)

Parashah of the week: Naso

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Parashah of the week: Kedoshim

“You shall rise before a venerable person and you shall respect the elderly, and you shall fear your God. I am the Lord” Leviticus 19:32

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May 9, 2024 13:13

Parashah of the week: Shemini

“Any animal that has a cloven hoof that is completely split into double hooves and which brings up its cud that one you may eat” Leviticus 11:4

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April 4, 2024 09:58

Parashah of the week: Ki Tissa

“Each man shall give a pledge of atonement for his soul… this he shall give… a half-shekel coin” Exodus 30:11-13

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February 29, 2024 14:15

Parashah of the week: Beshallach

He gave them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them” Exodus 15:25

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January 25, 2024 14:27

Vayigash

“[Joseph] sent his brothers on their way, as they left, he said to them, ‘See that you do not become agitated on the way’” Genesis 45:24

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December 21, 2023 09:00

“Isaac dwelt in Gerar… and he said, ‘She is my sister’…. And when he had been there a long time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines looked out at a window and saw Isaac sporting with Rebecca, his wife” Genesis 26:7-8

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November 16, 2023 16:02

A torah (Hebrew scripture) reading. The "yod" - a hand-shaped silver pointer - is used by the reader to mark his or her place in the text.

Parashah of the week: Bereshit

“Now the Lord God took the man, and He placed him in the Garden of Eden to work it and to guard it” Genesis 2:15

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October 14, 2023 18:50

Rabbi Mordechai Wollenberg

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Parashah of the week: Ekev

Parashah of the week: Balak

Parashah of the week: Naso

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Parashah of the week: Kedoshim

Parashah of the week: Shemini

Parashah of the week: Ki Tissa

Parashah of the week: Beshallach

Vayigash

Portion of the week: Toldot

Parashah of the week: Bereshit