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 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
Dream 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||December 11, 2025 16:29
Divided 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||December 4, 2025 12:09
Parashah of the week: Vayetze“She conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my disgrace’” Genesis 30:23By Joanne Greenaway1 min read||November 27, 2025 15:11
Parashah 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||November 20, 2025 12:28
Parashah 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||November 13, 2025 15:07
Parashah 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||November 7, 2025 09:38
Parashah 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||October 30, 2025 11:23
Parashah of the week: Noach“When Noah had lived 500 years, Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth” Genesis 5:32By Joanne Greenaway1 min read||October 24, 2025 08:57
Parashat of the week: Bereshit“The Lord looked favourably on Abel and his offering but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favour” Genesis 4:5By Rabbi Alex Israel2 min read||October 16, 2025 10:00
