Rabbi’s Articles
TAL is very lucky to have new articles each week written not only by their well known and respected Rabbi Tawil, but also by guest Rabbis.
Rabbi Tawil
Each week Rabbi Tawil writes an article welcoming in Shabbat and giving us his thoughts and insights on the weekly Parasha. Rabbi Tawil’s articles incorporate an amazing understanding of the weekly Torah content as well as its meaning and how it relates to our everyday lives.
In addition to Rabbi Tawil’s articles, TAL is honoured to have a guest Rabbi write for them each week in their Parasha Sheet. Their article is also published live on the TAL website, and provides a further thought provoking insight to the weekly Torah portion.
The articles written by different Rabbis each week are a wonderful way to build knowledge and insight from the Torah and gain values and inspiration to guide us all in our everyday lives.
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Rabbi Jonathan Tawil
The great Sage Rav stated (Gemara Nazir 23b) a person should always endeavor to study Torah and perform Mitsvot, even ...
The prophecy of Bilom and Hashem’s kindness
Rabbi Meir Markovic
In the end of the first chapter of Berochos ,12b it says that Chazal wanted to insitute parshat Bolok as ...
Who is to Blame?
Rabbi Yehonatan Salem
Having suffered more setbacks on their journey through the desert after some thirty-eight years on their way to the Holy ...
Disconnect to Reconnect!
Rabbi Jonathan Tawil
Enter a synagogue during the week and take a look around. What are people’s facial expressions? Tired, overworked, stressed? When ...
Parasha Insights
Rabbi Jonathan Tawil
To become a leader one needs stamina, charisma, to be persistent, powerful and pushy in his drive. One needs to ...
Choose Your Friends
Rabbi Yehonatan Salem
In this week’s parashah we encounter another tragic incident during the journey phase of the Jewish People in the wilderness ...
Two Sides of the Coin
Rabbi Aharon Gabbay
This week’s parasha recounts the famous story of the Jewish spies that were sent into Israel to investigate the land ...
Confidence!
Rabbi Jonathan Tawil
The spies returned from their 40 day tour of the land of Israel. As they are relating to the Bnei ...
Naughty Boys
Rabbi K Mahiach Kelaty
Imagine a school classroom. The school day is nearly finished. The kids are fidgeting and restless. The teacher is still ...
Are you Moshe?!
Rabbi Jonathan Tawil
Want to be a servant? Of course not, it’s a tough job right? Well there’s another side to that argument ...
Prevention or Cure
Rabbi Yehonatan Salem
In our parasha we find two important, yet seemingly unrelated topics, sotah and nazir, mentioned next to each other. A ...
The Ultimate Blessing!
Rabbi Jonathan Tawil
Shabbat arrives and the family gathers round the table. The children approach their father for a blessing, and out of ...
Unity in Numbers!
Rabbi Jonathan Tawil
What does a number mean to you? Technically a number is a mathematical object used to count and measure. Yet ...
Take the Jump
Rabbi Benjamin Stone
Many of us are familiar with the story of Rabbi Akiva who saw water dripping on the rock face of a well ...
The Power of Silence
Rabbi Alex Chapper
I once found myself in discussion with a young woman who objected to the perceived inequality of a Jewish wedding. ...
All for One
Rabbi Aharon Gabbay
Chag Shavuot is a grand time for the Jewish people. It is the reliving of the Jews receiving their beloved ...
I Know What You Did Last Shavuot
Rabbi K Mahiach Kelaty
I once heard a shiur given by Rav Moshe Aaron Stern zt’l. In his inimitable way, he posed the following ...
“In truth, there is nothing but blessings”.
Rabbi Menachem M. Junik
In Parshas Bechukosai, the final Parsha of Sefer Vayikra, and a Parsha the Chazal ensured we read before Shavous every ...
Imagination!
Rabbi Jonathan Tawil
Blessings are great, but curses, well no one wants to hear those. This weeks Parsha sets out the blessings that ...
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is!
Rabbi Jonathan Tawil
I was watching closely as two of my students raged in a debate. It looked as if it was starting ...
Don’t Abuse
Rabbi Yehonatan Salem
This week’s parasha discusses a prohibition common to business and speech: “When you sell an item to your friend, or ...
Time is Precious
Time is of the essence!
Rabbi Jonathan Tawil
The crowd had gathered for a popular wedding. All eyes were now on the Chatan and Kalla. The Chatan prepared ...
Parsha Insights
Rabbi Yitschak Hacohen Tawil
“Tell the Kohanim descendants of Aharon, and you shall say to them, he may not defile himself in contact with ...
Leaving a True Legacy!
Rabbi Jonathan Tawil
Since the day Adam Harishon was created and then moved on to the higher worlds, a theory about life has ...
Giving or Taking?
Rabbi Yehonatan Salem
The Torah teaches us a lot about the commandment, incumbent upon a man, of getting married. Due to its importance, ...
Heroes in the Sand
Rabbi K Mahiach Kelaty
And gave us the Torah, and brought us into the Land of Israel” (Dayeinu, Pesach Hagaddah) There is a famous ...
The Chief Rabbi’s Pesach Message 5779
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis
The two central themes of Pesach – peoplehood and freedom – have the potential to either provide great blessing or ...
Passover Tells Us: Teach Your Children Well
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
As one nation after another in Africa and the Middle East engages in a fight for freedom, Passover, which begins ...
Caesarians and Pesach
Rabbi Danny Kada
Some time ago, a woman I know gave birth for the first time to a baby boy through a Caesarian-Section ...
Shabbat Hagadol
Rabbi Joseph Pearlman
One of the most interesting aspects of this Shabbat preceding Pesach is its name which we usually translate to mean ...
Idea that could save you Millions!
Rabbi Jonathan Tawil
A few days ago I was shown an article of how a fourteen year old child Suvir Mirchandani calculated that ...
Powerful Words!
Rabbi Jonathan Tawil
Have you ever been in a group having a conversation, when you notice that the person that is speaking the ...
How to “Do for Others”
Rabbi Yehonatan Salem
At the beginning of the perashah the Torah teaches us the laws concerning a lady who gives birth. After waiting ...
It’s KOSHER!
Rabbi Jonathan Tawil
We live in a privileged generation. Whereas our grandparents found it hard to keep a kosher home, we are spoilt ...
