Parshat Vayetse: Stairway to Heaven
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- Nov 18
- 3 min
Surviving Trauma: Different models
There is so much we can learn, at this moment, from Yitzchak's household that we read in this week's parsha. Yitzchaks household lives in...
- Nov 9
- 5 min
Parshat Chayei Sarah: When Survival Trumps All
Rabbi David Hartman expresses his definition of a religious ideal: “Become a religious person who can live with ambiguity, who can feel...
- Oct 25
- 5 min
When Words Betray
I’ve always found words cathartic. When I have been going through the worst periods in my life, I’ve written for myself, for others, for...
- Oct 25
- 1 min
People Love Dead Jews – Bad Luck – We are Alive and Kicking
People Love Dead Jews - Bad Luck - We are Alive and Kicking | Tanya White | The Blogs (timesofisrael.com)
- Sep 24
- 6 min
Teshuva; Shame versus Guilt; Joseph and his Brothers
We beat our chests and recite a long list of our most innocuous sins. Is this a healthy religious attitude? Are we nurturing a toxic...
- Sep 19
- 7 min
Teshuva as Choosing Life
It seems that humans, from their inception, are destined to struggle with the meaning of existence. We ‘clothe’ ourselves in many...
- Sep 7
- 5 min
Parshat Nitzavim: The Three Pillars of Judaism
There are three fundamental principles of Judaism that are set out in this week’s parsha. 1. The idea of equality and shared...
- Sep 6
- 1 min
Ki Tavo and Enlistment to the IDF: A mothers perspective
Ki Tavo and Enlistment to the IDF: A Mother's Perspective | Tanya White | The Blogs (timesofisrael.com)
- Aug 16
- 6 min
Parshat Shoftim: Loving Torah More than God
One of the earliest post-Holocaust stories, “Yossl Rakover Speaks to God” by Zvi Kolitz, is a visceral and raw account of the ramblings...
- Aug 9
- 5 min
Parshat Re’eh: The Two Mountains
וְהָיָה, כִּי יְבִיאֲךָ ה אֱלֹקיךָ, אֶל-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-אַתָּה בָא-שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ--וְנָתַתָּה אֶת-הַבְּרָכָה עַל-הַר גְּרִזִים,...
- Aug 1
- 5 min
Parshat Eikav: We are more than just the memory of 'dead Jews'.
Dara Horn in her bestselling book “People Love Dead Jews” regales the reader with countless stories about the lives of dead Jews or...
- Jul 27
- 7 min
Tisha B’ Av: How we respond to tragedy and build resilience
What do we do when our reality is shaken to its very core? When the ground under our feet is destabilised to such a degree that we feel...
- Jul 12
- 5 min
Parshat Matot-Masei: The Long Road to Freedom
לעילוי נשמת מאיר זאב בן מנחם מנדל הכהן In Memory of my maternal grandfather Ze’ev Racker on his 31st Yarzheit It seems an odd way to...
- Jul 6
- 4 min
Parshat Pinchas: On conflict resolution, the problem of polarisation and 17 B’Tamuz
Today we live in a world riddled by conflict on the global, national and communal level. The most pressing question for contemporary...
- Jun 29
- 4 min
Parshat Chukat/Balak: Growth through words
Last week and this weeks parsha share many parallel themes. As a book whose theme is the growth of the nation it is natural that...
- Jun 15
- 4 min
Parshat Korach: 2 Jews, 3 Opinions When argument goes awry.
There is the famous adage: 2 jews 3 opinions. There is something quintessentially Jewish about argument. From the moment God invites...
- Jun 7
- 5 min
Shlech Lecha: The Mystery of the Land
If Bereshit is a book about the road to character of the individual and the family, Bamidbar is a book about the road to growth of the...
- Apr 19
- 5 min
The Omer and The Modern Days of Awe
The Omer period not by chance to my mind, annually coincides with what I term the modern days of awe here in Israel – Yom Hashoa, Yom...
- Mar 30
- 4 min
Sefer Vayikra: Between the Real and the Ideal: Reflecting on the last few weeks
Ramban and Rashi disagree on the chronological placement of the Mishkan (tabernacle) narratives in the Torah. At the heart of their...
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