This year I’ve been teaching a course at Matan on the problem of evil – On the heels of Covid I thought it may speak to people, it may...

(Preamble: This post was initially written for the participants of a class I teach at Matan on the problem of evil, following a class in...

For the articles I wrote upon the passing of my teacher Rabbi Sacks please see the links below: Only tears: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z”l |...

For the link to the full article click here:https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-possibilities-at-the-edge-of-chaos-purim-and-the-present-...

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/hanukkah-the-battle-for-our-soul/

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-akedah-the-sacrifice-of-conscience/

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/fleeing-or-going-yaakovs-journey-and-corbyn/

There are days when you can’t help but see synchronicity. At Matan this morning we continued learning about the life of Yitzchak and...

pesach 5779 DM pesach as antitode to decay of liberal society Listen to the shiur here:

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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