Rabbis can’t be expected to shy away from contentious issues
By Simon Rocker
Rav Yisroel Mantel won almost unanimous support on Thursday
“And Eliezer said, ‘O Adonai, God of my master Abraham’s house, grant me good fortune this day, and deal graciously with my master Abraham’” Genesis 24:12
By Rabbi Hannah Kingston
Shabbat times for the week
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“Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the Name of the Lord, the Everlasting God” Genesis 22:33
By Rabbi Dr Yoni Birnbaum
“Look around from where you are, to the north and the south, to the east and the west, for all the land that you see I am giving to you and your descendants forever” Genesis 13:14-15
By Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur
“When Noah had lived 500 years, Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth” Genesis 5:32
By Joanne Greenaway
“The Lord looked favourably on Abel and his offering but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favour” Genesis 4:5
By Rabbi Alex Israel
“And you shall not appear before Me empty-handed” Exodus 34:20
By Rabbi Benjy Morgan
“Moses came, together with Hosea son of Nun, and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people” Deuteronomy 32:44
By Rabbi Paul Freedman
“Moses went and spoke these things to all Israel. He said to them: I am now one hundred and twenty years old, I can no longer go on” Deuteronomy 31:1-2
By Rabbi Miriam Lorie
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