“The Significance of the Desert”

Shabbat Shalom: Parshat Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20) Efrat, Israel –  “And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of Reuven, Elizur the son of Shedeur. Of Shimon, Shelimuiel the son of Zurishaddai. Of Judah, Nachshon the son of Aminadav… “ (Numbers 1:5-7). For as long as I can remember, Orthodox Judaism has …

“The Land Will Bloom for You”

Shabbat Shalom: Parshat Behukotai (Leviticus 26:3-27:34) Efrat, Israel – What is the truest definition of freedom? I believe that an exploration of a difference of interpretation between two Talmudic Sages on a phrase in our Torah portion will shed a great deal of light on these fundamental existential questions. Commenting on the verse which …

“Being Normal” – Audio Series by Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein,  Director of Training and Placement of OTS rabbinical and educational emissaries Shiur #48: “Is the Majority of Your Life ‘Jewish’?”  Click on the streaming bar below to listen now…      

“Freedom!”  

Shabbat Shalom: Parshat Behar (Leviticus 25:1-26:2) Efrat, Israel –  “You shall count for yourselves seven cycles of Sabbatical years, seven years, seven times; shall be for forty nine years…You shall sanctify the fiftieth year and proclaim freedom throughout the land for all of its inhabitants; it shall be the Jubilee year for you, …

“Intermarriage”  

“Being Normal” – Audio Series by Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein,  Director of Training and Placement of OTS rabbinical and educational emissaries Shiur #47: “Open Your Eyes”  Click on the streaming bar below to listen now…  

This week’s “Shabbat Shalom” column has been sponsored by the Charif family of Sydney, Australia, in honour of the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, SHIRA, on Sunday 4 Iyar.  Shabbat Shalom: Parshat Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23) Efrat, Israel –  “They shall direct My people as to what is sacred and what is mundane; they …