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  • Parshat Mishpatim: You may be far more religious thank you think.

    Transcript: “I am not religious, but I try to be a very good person”. It is quite amazing how many people have given that sentiment to me about themselves. But
  • Mishpatim: The best way to give financial help

    Transcript What is the best way in which we can give financial help to another? The Shulchan Aruch in Chosen Mishpat tells us that when one gives a loan to
  • Mishpatim: Do your pets know when it is Shabbat?

    Transcript: Do your pets know when it is shabbat? I find it fascinating how often over the years people have actually said to me that they genuinely believe that in
  • Mishpatim: Coming back to Shul – for what reason?

    The Chief Rabbi’s D’var Torah for Parshat Mishpatim. Transcript: Should we come to see or to be seen? In Parshat Mishpatim the Torah presents us with the mitzvah of the
  • D’var Torah: Mishpatim

    The Torah on honesty in financial matters.  A social worker in Jerusalem told me about a teenage boy who was caught stealing milk at a store. He was hauled before
  • D’var Torah: Parashat Mishpatim

    This week the Chief Rabbi asks what it is that makes a person religious. How can you tell if a person is truly religious? A number of our Parshiot commence
  • D’var Torah: Parashat Mishpatim

    In this week’s D’var Torah, the Chief Rabbi explains how Jewish tradition teaches, “I give, therefore I am.” An entire Shabbat devoted to the mitzvah of tzedakah; that’s Shabbat Shakalim,
  • D’var Torah: Parashat Mishpatim

    In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi teaches us that we shouldn’t just be concerned with our immediate surroundings – it is our duty to be mindful of
  • D’var Torah: Parashat Mishpatim

    In his D’var Torah for Mishpatim, the Chief Rabbi ponders the naming of the Shulchan Aruch, identifying the symbolic link between a laid table and Jewish Law to point to
  • Bechukotai: A challenge for Shavuot this year

    Transcript There is a most intriguing commentary of Rashi at the commencement of Parshat Bechukotai. The parsha starts, “Im bechukotai teleichu…” – “If you walk in my statutes…” and what