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On the Shattering of the Tablets and the Rebuilding of Self

For a printable PDF please click here: parshat Ki Tissa broken tablets 5779 We all live between the first and the second tablets We all...

Feb 20, 20192 min read

Parshat Beshalach, On Holistic Healing and Release from the Bondage of Dogmatic Religion

For a printable PDF please click here:parshat beshalach 5779 As humans we are inclined towards binary methods of seeing the world....

Jan 16, 20195 min read

The Last Kaddish

THE LAST KADDISH This shabbat I will say the last kaddish for my father ז”ל. I will stand as I have now hundreds of times and repeat the...

Nov 22, 20184 min read

Parshat Toldot: ‘הנני Hinneni’ – On Identity Development in an Instant World

I share a short thought from a very long blog with slight reluctance. We live in a world where memes and twitters are about the length...

Nov 8, 20183 min read

Lecha Lecha – Altneuland (Herzl’s ‘Old New land’) – A musing on Avraham’s journey

Lecha Lecha – Altneuland (Herzl’s ‘Old New land’) – A musing on Avraham’s journey These words by T.S .Elliot in Little Gidding echo the...

Oct 18, 20182 min read

Sheryl Sandberg’s Option B and Teshuva as the Philosophy of Resilience

For a printable PDF please click here:T Option B and Teshuva FINAL ולרפואתו של מינדל ליבא בת פידע פרל In Loving Memory of Johnny...

Sep 6, 201820 min read

A Thought for Rosh Chodesh Ellul 5778

It always bothered me that the whole of Ellul and the entire yom kippur davening was about penitence, shame, guilt and contrition. Still...

Aug 12, 20182 min read

PARSHAT CHUKAT: THE SOUND OF SILENCE

For a printable PDF version please click here: parshat chukat – The sound of Silence This article is in memory of אלכסנדר בן אלעזר and in...

Jun 21, 201811 min read

Hearing God in a Postmodern World: Purim as a celebration of community and textual interpretation

For a printable PDF click here:Purim – on Hearing God in a Postmodern world ליעילוי נשמת אלכסנדר בן אלעזר – In loving memory of אבי מורי...

Feb 26, 201817 min read

A Hesped for my Dear Father Z “L

My Father Jonnny (אלכסנדר בן אלעזר) was niftar suddenly on the 3rd January 17th Tevet aged 65. His loss has created an enormous void for...

Feb 9, 20187 min read

PARSHAT VAYISHLACH – A MESSAGE FOR THE POSTMODERN AGE?

For a printable PDF version click here: parshat vayishlach 5778 edited We are privileged to live in unprecedented times. Never before in...

Dec 1, 20176 min read

From Genesis to Hollywood: The sons of God and the abuse of power Parshat Noach

For a printable PDF version please click here:Tanya Parshat Noach 5778 updated Weinstein, Hollywood and the Sons of God Why does God send...

Oct 17, 201710 min read

Between Divine command and ethical compassion: Understanding two difficult texts on Rosh Hashana

As a religious Jew living in Israel there are constantly questions that arise that should beg reflection and introspection. When we see...

Oct 17, 20178 min read

In the Pursuit of Happiness or of Meaning? What constitutes חיים טובים – the ‘Good life’

For A printable PDF version please click here:happiness and meaning sukkot and further Introduction: There is a famous adage in Hebrew...

Sep 8, 20179 min read

A counter-response to Rabbi Cardozo’s article on Rabbi Soloveitchik

For a printable PDF version please click here: Response to R. Cardozo II website For the original article by Rabbi Cardozo please click...

Apr 28, 201714 min read

An open letter to Rabbi Cardozo in response to his article on Rav Soloveitchik

For a printable PDF version click here:Letter to Rabbi Cardozo website For Rabbi Cardozo’s full response please see:...

Feb 14, 20178 min read

Parshat Vaera Leadership and the Road to Greatness

For a Printable PDF please click here:parshat-vaera-the-road-to-greatness-5777 Moshe’s leadership is the quintessential test of character...

Jan 26, 201711 min read

Parshat Lech-lecha: On Covenant, Crisis and Commitment

For a printable PDF version please click here:parshat-lech-lecha-5777 לזכות רפואה שלימה לאימי מורתי מינדל ליבא בת פיגא פרל בתוך שאר חולי...

Nov 10, 201612 min read

Learning to Live with the Unpredictable

לזכות רפואה שלימה לאימי מורתי מינדל ליבא בת פיגא פרל בתוך שאר חולי ישראל The last five years and perhaps most acutely the last nine...

Jan 31, 201610 min read

Rosh Hashana 5775 – Hagar and Yishmael: Reflections on the ‘Other’ – Empathy

Note: This essay requires a detailed analysis of the two readings of Rosh Hashana. It is strongly advised to read them through and I...

Sep 10, 201516 min read