Thoughts on Parashat Haazinu [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]They incensed Him with alien things, Vexed Him with abominations. They sacrificed to demons, no-gods, Gods they had never known, New ones, who came but lately, Who stirred not your fathers’ fears. You neglected the Rock that begot you, Forgot the God who brought […]
Yom Kippur Morning
Revelation And Mercy What does it mean to encounter God? How and where and when can one encounter God? How can one encounter a Being, a Concept? For some a Reality that cannot be described, for others a Myth that does not deserve consideration? What sort of encounter is even possible, between a finite being […]
Kol Nidre
We start our Day of Atonement with a strange request, one which even comes in different formats and one which has caused much confusion, not to mention hostility from those who always seek an excuse to be hostile. The ‘Kol Nidre’ prayer is a request to God to forgive either the sins we have committed, […]
Yom Kippur 2018
JONAH My favourite part of the Book of Jonah is Chapter Five. You won’t find it in the printed editions, because it is a chapter – thanks to a form of ”Interactive Narrative Composition” – that the reader, each reader has to supply for themselves. So it is never the same twice. Its main theme […]
Standing Before the Heavenly Court
This week’s Torah portion, Vayelech, has the least number of verses out of all the parashot which we read throughout the year. This is because we usually read it together with the previous Torah portion, Nitzavim. However, this year this parasha is being read separately. It starts with a confession made by Moses, who is […]
Rosh Hashanah Morning
It happens each year, if we follow the calendar of readings from the Torah, for each individual Shabbat and then for the major festivals that are mentioned in the Torah and have their own specific Torah services (not Purim or Chanukah or Tu BiShvat) – it happens each year, throughout the year, that we are […]
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