Parasha Insights
Whilst looking at all the Mitzvot in the Torah, the observance of Shemita is one of the most difficult ones to observe. To have your field remain fallow throughout the entire year demands a strong level of Emuna – faith…
Humble With Power
As business boomed for tailors in a busy street in London, four tailors decided to open up one after each other. The first was George’s Tailor Shop. The sign read: The best tailor in the area! The second was Edward’s…
The Choice is Ours
The story is told about a man that didn’t believe in free will. After 120 years he went up to heaven and was met with two paths in front of him. The first had a sign saying “Believers in predestination”…
Jewish Identity
Thinking about the Holocaust this week, around Yom HaShoa, I was struck by the very nature of the destruction the world witnessed only seventy-some years ago. Entire families, neighbourhoods, villages, were destroyed. Rabbinic dynasties snuffed out, family trees torn down…
Veahavta Le ReachaKamocha a deeper meaning!
One of favourite Torah lessons is found in this week’s Parasha, Kedoshim. In one of the most important and extremely popular verses of Torah we are commanded “Ve’ahavtalerei’achakomocha” — “Love your friend as yourself.” Undoubtedly, this command is all-inclusive and is not limited…
Lessons from Terminal Five
Airport encounters can be strange. The gentleman sitting opposite me informed me that although he had emigrated to Haifa many years ago, he had returned briefly to his homeland in a remote corner of the United States to visit his…
Leaving a true legacy!
Since the day Adam Harishon was created and then moved on to the higher worlds, a theory about life has been made. Everyday people take their lives for granted. But after they have faced mortal loss or life-threatening situations, their…
