SidrahThe everlasting flame: this week’s parashah, Tzav“A constant fire shall burn upon the altar; it shall not go out” Leviticus 6:6By Rabbi Dr Yoni Birnbaum1 min read
SidrahGood intentions: this week’s parashah, Vayikra“He shall bring it… for acceptance in his behalf before Adonai” Leviticus 1:3By Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur1 min read
SidrahShabbat guidance: this week’s parashah, Vayakhel-Pekudei“Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord” Exodus 35:2By Rabbanit Joanne Greenaway1 min read
sidrahShattered tablets: this week’s parashah, Ki Tissa“He saw the calf and the dancing; Moses became enraged; and he hurled the tablets from his hands and shattered them at the foot of the mountai” Exodus. (32:19)By Rabbi Alex Israel1 min read
SidrahRemembering and forgetting: this week’s sidrah, Tetzaveh“Remember that which Amalek did to you, on your journey, after you left Egypt. How, undeterred by fear of God, he surprised you on the march, when you were famished and weary, and cut down all the stragglers in your rear” Deuteronomy 25:17-18By Rabbi Hannah Kingston1 min read
SidrahBuilding a home: this week’s parashah, Terumah“Make for Me a sanctuary, and I will dwell among them” Exodus 25:8By Rabbi Dr Yoni Birnbaum1 min read
SidrahThe blood of the covenant: this week’s parashah, Mishpatim“Moses took half the blood…” (Exodus 24:7)By Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur2 min read
SidrahStanding together: this week’s parashah, Yitro“On the third day the Lord will come down, in the sight of the entire nation, on Mount Sinai” (Exodus 19:11)By Rabbanit Joanne Greenaway1 min read
SidrahThe faith of a nation: this week’s parashah, Beshallach“The Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, chasing after them. They were terrified” Exodus 14:10By Rabbi Alex Israel1 min read
SidrahFear of darkness: this week’s sidrah, Bo“Hold out your arm toward the sky that there may be darkness upon the land of Egypt, a darkness that can be touched” Exodus 10:2By Rabbi Hannah Kingston1 min read
SidrahA question of inheritance: this week’s parashah, Va’era“And I will bring you to the Land, which I have raised My hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for an inheritance: I am the Lord’’ Exodus 6:8By Rabbi Dr Yoni Birnbaum1 min read
SidrahThe ambiguous identity of Moses: this week’s parashah, Shemot“When Moses grew up he went out to his people and witnessed their burdens. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people” Exodus 2:11By Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur1 min read
SidrahBurial in Israel: this week’s parashah, Vayechi“The time approached for Israel to die, so he called for his son, Joseph, and said to him… please do not bury me in Egypt. And I will lie down with my fathers, and you shall transport me out of Egypt and bury me in their grave. Genesis 47:29-30)By Rabbanit Joanne Greenaway1 min read
SidrahSibling rivalries: this week’s parashah, Vayiggash“Judah stepped forward” Genesis 44:18By Rabbi Alex Israel1 min read
SidrahA leader’s tears: this week’s parashah, Mikketz“And he turned away from them, and he wept” Genesis 42:24By Rabbi Hannah Kingston1 min read
SidrahDream warnings: this week’s parashah – Vayeshev“Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, when my sheaf rose and stood upright; and your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf” Genesis 37:7By Rabbi Dr Yoni Birnbaum1 min read
SidrahDivided camps – this week’s parashah: Vayishlach“Jacob was greatly frightened; in his anxiety, he divided the people with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two camps” Genesis 32:8By Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur1 min read
SidrahParashah of the week: Vayetze“She conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my disgrace’” Genesis 30:23By Rabbanit Joanne Greenaway1 min read
SidrahParashah of the week: Toldot“He ate, he drank, he rose, he left. Esau spurned the birthright” Genesis 25:29-34By Rabbi Alex Israel1 min read
SidrahParashah of the week: Chayei Sarah“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 24:12By Rabbi Hannah Kingston1 min read
SidrahParashah of the week: Vayera“Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the Name of the Lord, the Everlasting God” Genesis 22:33By Rabbi Dr Yoni Birnbaum1 min read
SidrahParashah of the week: Lech Lecha“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 13:14-15By Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur1 min read
SidrahParashah of the week: Noach“When Noah had lived 500 years, Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth” Genesis 5:32By Rabbanit Joanne Greenaway1 min read
