Shabbat Tetzaveh: Who needs Priests?

The Torah goes into intricate detail in the Books of Exodus and Leviticus about the priests, their role in the Tabernacle ceremonials, their benefits and tithes, and their special rules of behaviour. This week, the Torah talks about the Priests’ clothes and oracles. Read more

Is gambling income generated for education questionable?

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Time

We have just celebrated another New Year. I was not specifically thinking of 2022, although that too. Or of Tu BiShvat, the Fifteenth Day of the Month of Shevat. The New Year for Trees. One of four different New Years as recorded in the Talmud ( Rosh Hashana ). Read more

Ancient synagogues were decorated with art. Why?

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What should a synagogue do if a gay member of the community applies for membership?

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Can a Jewish man produce semen for medical tests?

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Shabbat Vayehi: Predictions

The twelve tribes have now come to live in Egypt under Josef’s protection. Read more

Why do I have to wash my already clean hands before eating bread?

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Why is the Shema so important?

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Does Judaism agree with female sterilisation?

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Shabbat Lech Lecha: No one is Perfect

Abraham is the first, full character study in the Torah. Read more

Minister of Religious Affairs meets with women Torah scholars including women rabbis

Israel’s Minister of Religious Affairs, Matan Kahana and MK Nir Orbach met over the weekend with the directors and heads of halachic (Jewish law) programs for women. Read more

Shabbat Ki Tavo

Why do we do things in life? Is it to get some kind of reward? Read more

Is there a Jewish view to surrogate motherhood?

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Why to Jewish men cover their heads?

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Why some Jews leave a bare section on a wall on purpose?

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Get follies

We often witness the insensitivity and negativity of rabbis who seem unaware of the damage they can do when they claim to be upholding Jewish Law. Read more

Why does a bride wear a veil at her wedding?

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Is God dead?

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Thought for the week

On Sunday is the fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz. It is a minor fast that lasts from dawn to dusk and ushers in a period of mourning that leads up to the 9^th of Av when we commemorate the loss of two Temples. Read more

Philip Roth

Philip Roth (1933-2018) was one of the most successful American novelists. Read more

Is it permitted for women to wear tallit and tefillin?

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Do you know before whom you stand?

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Purim or Poor Them

Purim is the happiest and craziest day in the Jewish calendar and the only festival that celebrates an event in the Diaspora. But is it really? Read more

Free Judaism classes now permanent for potential converts

Two years ago St Kilda Shule launched an ambitious project to provide free Judaism classes to people wishing to convert to Judaism. Read more

Where does “upon my heart” originate

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Chanukah thoughts

Rabbi Raymond Apple shares some Chanukah thoughts. Read more

How did the Ten Lost Tribes come to be lost?

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Abraham’s children

Anyone familiar with the art of Cathedrals and Churches in Europe will know that someone called Melchizedek figures prominently. Who was he? Read more

How do I get over guilt?

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