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Shabbat Eykev Do as you would be done by

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The weekly reading of Eykev follows the pattern of the previous three weeks. Moses continues his  review of  the history of the previous...

Shabbat Balak – Listening to Magicians

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It seems strange that the whole part of the Torah we read this week should be named after a...

Shabbat Behukotai: What am I worth?

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As we reach the end of the book of Leviticus, we've run through a series of laws, ethical and...

Shabbat Metzora – Shabbat HaGadol:  Elijah

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“Behold I will send you Elijah (Eliyahu) the prophet before the great awesome Day of God and he will reconcile fathers to children and...

Shabbat Shmini: You are what you eat

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After dealing with the sacrificial system and with the roles that priests play within it, the Torah turns to...

Shabbat Bo: Lessons from the Exodus

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There are two themes amongst the many in this week's Torah that stand out as being particularly relevant at...

Shabbat Vaeyra: Persuasion

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This week, we read about the process through which Moses and Aaron try to persuade the pharaoh that he...

Shabbat Vayehi – Fear not

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As we complete the book of Bereishit, Genesis, this week, Jacob has died, and the brothers now turn to Joseph...

Shabbat Vayigash: Diplomacy

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Diplomacy has become a dirty word. The seventeenth-century English diplomat Henry Wotton said that a diplomat is someone who...

Shabbat Re’eh: Adding or Subtracting

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There is a well-known phrase in this week's reading from the Torah that is much misunderstood. In Chapter 13:1 as...

Shabbat Mattot & Massei: Where should you live?

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As the children of Israel approach the land of Israel, they had to pass through what is now Transjordan....

Shabbat Vayehiy: Favouritism

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As we come to the end of the Book of Bereishit (Genesis), we can look back and see a...

Shabbat Vayigash: Negotiations

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Is there a set formula for negotiations? We see two examples in this week's reading from the Torah. It begins...

Shabbat Vayeytzey: Dreams and Fears

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Jacob flees his parents' home because he fears that Esau will kill him for taking the blessing from Isaac. He heads towards the home...

Shabbat Ki Tavo: Rewards and punishment

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The Torah this week contains blessings and warnings. The wording is a formulation common throughout the Ancient and Near East...

Shabbat Eykev: Bread is not enough

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It is a strange sentence. “I provided you with the Manah so that you should know that a person does not live...

Shabbat Vayigash: Failed priests

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When Pharaoh accepted Yosef’s interpretation of his dreams and his advice to Pharaoh on how to prepare for it,...

Shabbat Ki Tavo

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

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