Parshat Yitro famously gives us a commandment relating to how we should be good children to our parents. However, it also offers a hint as to how we can be good parents to our children. It is well known that in the Ten Commandments, presented to us in this Parsha, …
Miriam and Devorah will take centre stage this Shabbat. These two extraordinary role models for all people, for all time, will be featured in our reading for Parshat Beshalach. We will read about Miriamās leadership, and we will read about Devorah in the Haftarah accompanying the Parasha. Parshat Beshalach, this …
Valerie and I have just returned from Poland, where we had the privilege of accompanying His Majesty King Charles on a visit to Auschwitz for the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp. As I stood on that ground, the place where the most horrific evil …
This coming week, we will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. In anticipation of that moment, the Torah, at the beginning of Parshat Vaāera, gives an important message to us. Hashem gives a promise that He will deliver the people of Israel from Egypt with these words: …
Dāvar Torah for Parshat Shemot Itās one of the best-known verses, but one of the least understood. Iām referring to a verse at the commencement of the book of Shemot, where the Torah tells us: āVayyakomĀ melech-chadash al-mitzrayimā, a new king arose over Egypt, āasher lo-yada et-yosefā, who did not know …
This was a dilemma faced by our patriarch Jacob. In Parshat Vayeshev, we are told that he sent Joseph on a mission to Shechem, and he said to him, āLech-na reāeh et-shelom acheichaā ā āGo now and see how your brothers are.ā Jacob knew that there was a deep …
In this weekāsĀ DāvarĀ Torah forĀ Toldot, the Chief Rabbi asks what can be learnt from Eisavās favourite outfit. What is your most favourite outfit of clothing? For what special occasion did you wear it? In Parashat Toldot we are told, āVatikach Rivka Et Bigdei Eisav Bnah Hagadol Hachamudot ā Rivka took her …
This is a season of anniversaries. Rosh Hashanah is an anniversary ā it marks the very first day on which human beings were brought into the world. Hashem started His days of creation on the 25th of Elul, and Adam was created on Rosh Hashanah. Yom Kippur is also …
During this most painful year, in addition to the trauma of the terrorist atrocities, the capture of hostages and the tragic war, we have been subjected to a constant barrage of falsehoods. Of these, none has been so insidious as the morally inverted claim of genocide, the modern-day blood libel. …
