Parshah • October 2022
Bereishit – Beginnings Count
Beginnings set the template for future development. Of particular significance is the beginning of a child’s growth as that future is what becomes the nature of society.
Parshah • October 2022
The Genesis Secrets
This 5 part series is an exploration of the secrets contained in the beginning of the book of Bereshit (Genesis). Drawing on the teachings of the scholars and mystics, Rabbi…
Bereishit • October 2021
Bereishit – Why Aren’t we Vegetarians?
First person, Adam and Chava were vegetarian. So why aren’t we? The reason is because when we eat with humility, enunciating a bracha and using the food energy constructively, we…
Parshah • December 2020
Vayechi – A Jewish Mother’s Sacrifice
Rachel, passes away while travelling and is buried by her husband Jacob unceremoniously by the side of the road near Efrat. This is a source of resentment for their son,…
Parshah • October 2020
Bereishit – The Original Background Noise.
Science hears a cosmic background ‘hum’. The Torah discerns a Divine breath. The Beginning is a mystery. What we do between beginning and the end is what matters. Notes: •…
Parshah • October 2019
Bereishit – A Near Miss of a Million Miles
A Near Miss of a Million Miles The scientists, mathematicians, programmers and technicians, spent two years planning, designing and building all necessary equipment and trajectory for the mission to Mars.…
Parshah • September 2018
Bereishit – Always Start With Bet
Always Start With Bet, Rather Than Aleph • If you were writing the most important and popular literary work of all history, would you not begin your magnum opus symbolically…
Parshah • October 2017
Bereishit – Are You An Adam?
Why does an all-knowing G-d need to call out looking for Adam? The truth is that this is not a question addressed to Adam but to all Adams, all people?…
Parshah • October 2016
Bereishit – Continuous Creation
Creation is continuous. G-d does’t take time off to pay ‘scrabble’. Our mindfulness makes us aware of constant change – G-d’s interest in His project of creation.
Parshah • October 2015
Bereishit – G-d As Artist
The artist’s most basic desire – to create a personal rendition of Divine Creation. G-d’s desire is to create – we are created in the image of G-d. Be the…