SidrahBecoming an adult: this week’s parashah, Bemidbar"From 20 years” Numbers 1:3By Rabbi Alex Israel1 min read
sidrahCultivating self-restraint: this week’s parashah, Behar-Bechukkotai‘That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you: you shall not sow, neither shall you reap the aftergrowth or harvest the untrimmed vines’ Leviticus 25:11By Rabbi Hannah Kingston1 min read
SidrahWhat counts: this week’s sidrah, Emor“And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the Omer of the wave offering; seven complete Sabbaths shall there be” Leviticus 23:15By Rabbi Dr Yoni Birnbaum1 min read
SidrahUnjust laws: this week’s parashah, Acharei Mot-Kedoshim”You shall not make an avel out of law” (Leviticus 19:15 and 19:35)By Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur1 min read
SidrahHarmful speech: this week’s parashah, Tazria-Metzora“When a person has on their skin a swelling, a rash, or a discoloration, and it develops into a scaly affection on their skin, it shall be reported to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons, the priests” Leviticus (13:2)By Rabbanit Joanne Greenaway1 min read
SidrahReacting to tragedy: this week’s parashah, Shemini“And Aaron was silent” Leviticus 10:3By Rabbi Alex Israel1 min read
SidrahSeeing God in the world: Shabbat Chol Hamo’ed“Then I will take My hand away and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen” Exodus 33: 23By Rabbi Hannah Kingston1 min read
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
