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  • D’var Torah: Nitzavim Vayelech

    What is the significance of every single letter of the Torah? The Lubavitcher Rebbe gave a beautiful explanation. In Parshat Vayelech, which we’ll be reading this coming Shabbat, the Torah
  • Dvar Torah: Parshat Nitzavim & Rosh Hashana

    You are what you do. This powerful message emerges for us from the beginning of Parshat Nitzavim which is always read close to Rosh Hashana. Hashem declares ‘Atem Nitzavim hayom
  • D’var Torah: Parashat Nitzavim

    In this week’s D’var Torah for Nitzavim, the Chief Rabbi explains that we should view everybody favourably. How important are titles? Parashat Nitzavim commences with the words “Atem Nitzavim Hayom
  • D’var Torah: Parashat Nitzavim-Vayelech (Selichot)

    In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi asks: why do Ashkenazim always start Selichot on Motzei Shabbat? The answer is connected to happiness and optimism. Why do Selicho
  • D’var Torah: Parashat Nitzavim

    In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi addresses the question – what is more important: Rosh Hashanah or Shabbat? Lo Adu Rosh – what do these words mean?
  • Rosh Hashanah: Two steps to achievable teshuva

    Transcript: Here’s a question for you. What is not over the heavens, not over the seas but in our mouths and our hearts to do? This is how Parshat Nitzavim
  • Rosh Hashana: What Creation can teach us about New Year’s Resolutions

    Transcript: As we approach Rosh Hashana, let us remember how Hashem created the world. In Parshat Nitzavim the Torah tells us (Devarim 30:14), “Ki karov eleicha hadavar me’od beficha uvilvavecha
  • Op-Ed: ‘It is what we do that makes the Jewish people so great’

    Writing in the Jewish Telegraph this week, the Chief Rabbi discusses the importance of active leadership, as well as the plans he has – to be realised in part via