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  • Pinchas: What would it be like without you?

    Transcript A rabbi once returned to his shul after a vacation. One of his congregants said to him, “Rabbi, you should have been here to see what it’s like without
  • Pinchas: How to lead your flock

    Transcript The most important lesson every leader should hear. This is what I believe Moshe taught us just before he passed away. In Parshat Pinchas, Hashem gives Moshe the sad
  • Pinchas: The best invitation ever

    Transcript It’s one of the best invitations you’ll ever get. Parshat Pinchas includes within it details of our major festivals, and the Torah calls them by the term ‘mikra kodesh’
  • D’var Torah – Pinchas

    What is the hallmark of a great leader? In Parashat Pinchas we find Moshe appealing to Hashem prior to his passing, to appoint his successor. This would be in order
  • D’var Torah: Parashat Pinchas

    How does one become a Rabbi?  Well, the answer is by receiving ‘semicha’ from another Rabbi because it’s only a Rabbi who can create a new Rabbi. So, therefore, the
  • D’var Torah: Parashat Pinchas

    In this week’s D’var Torah for Pinchas, the Chief Rabbi explains why Moshe Rabbeinu was a truly great leader. Great leaders are not irreplaceable. They ensure that they will be
  • D’var Torah: Parashat Pinchas

    In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi discusses the connection between almonds and the Three Weeks. Why are almonds significant for us? This Shabbat, the first Shabbat of
  • D’var Torah: Parashat Pinchas

    In his D’var Torah for The Three Weeks, the Chief Rabbi explores how we can grieve genuinely for tragedies that occurred millenia ago. We are currently in the three weeks
  • Chukat: What’s the most irresponsible personal undertaking I have ever heard of?

    Transcript: What’s the most irresponsible personal undertaking I have ever heard of? It is probably Yiftach’s vow. The haftarah for Parshat Chukat (Judges 11:1) tells us how Yiftach, the leader
  • Vayeitzei: Making the journey count as much as the destination

    The Chief Rabbi’s weekly insight for Vayeitzei Why isn’t’ there a parsha called ‘Yaakov’?  We have six parshiot named after people: Noach, Chayei Sara, Yitro, Korach, Balak and Pinchas. This