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  • Matot Massei: What difference does it make where we live?

    Transcript The maths doesn’t add up. In Parshat Maasei we’re told how six cities of refuge were established for our people: three  which were to be west of the River
  • Matot-Massei: The Torah on Cancel Culture

    Transcript Where in the Torah do  we find a warning against ‘cancel culture’? In Parshat Matot, we find that the tribes of Reuven, Gad and half the tribe of Menashe
  • Matot-Massei: Pack this in your bags – it doesn’t weigh anything

    Transcript When travelling, the most important thing to take with us doesn’t weight anything at all. Now that at long last many of us can think about travelling once again,
  • D’var Torah: Matot Massei

    Which legendary person’s Yartzeit will be commemorated on Wednesday next week? In Parshat Chukat, details are provided of the sad passing of Aharon HaCohen – Aharon the High Priest. But
  • D’var Torah: Parashat Matot-Massei

    Remaining focused on the final destination… Is change always a good thing? At the commencement of Parashat Massei, we find that Hashem had  asked Moshe to keep a diary, so
  • D’var Torah: Parashat Matot-Massei

    In this week’s D’var Torah for Matot-Massei, the Chief Rabbi explains how we achieve true immortality. We learn one of the greatest lessons in life from a tiny dot. The
  • D’var Torah: Parashat Matot-Massei

    When one person’s piety caused a national disaster – a lesson for the Three Weeks. In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi reflects on Rabbi Zecharia ben Avkulas