This week’s sedra contains one of the most misunderstood episodes in the Torah. It would appear on face value that 10 of the sons of Yaakov despised their own brother Yosef. They tried to kill him by throwing him into a pit. Eventually, they sold him to a group of merchants travelling to Egypt. There…
Month: י״ח בכסלו תשע״ט (November 2018)
Thanksgiving Jewish Thought
Rabbi Zevi Saunders Published by Zevi Saunders · 1 hr · By the time you read this, the tryptophan from your turkey is probably slowly seeping out of your body. The smell of cooking leftover turkey for Shabbat is slowly wafting through your nose. Perhaps you will be camping out waiting in line for the…
My response to the Pittsburgh shooting
This weeks events truly put the ‘Mar’ (bitter) into ‘Mar-Cheshvan’ (name of the current Jewish month). As you’re all aware we are currently mourning the loss of 11 of our brothers and sisters in Pittsburgh. This has shocked the Jewish community to the core. There is a lot of fear around and people seem apprehensive…