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Balak: Hope over Dispair

Rabbi Jay Kelman

As I noted in my last post I had the honour of speaking at the Beit Yehudah  synagogue in Budapest last shabbat. Below is a summary of my words. As this week is parshat Balak I have incorporated an idea from this week's parsha. The…
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Chukat: From One Generation to the Next

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The transition point from the generation that left Egypt to the one that entered the Land of Israel is never mentioned in the Torah. The Torah does not tell us that the death of Miriam was in year 40, and there is nothing in the text that would…
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Korach: A Beautiful Tallit

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Tzizit and Mezuzah are two of the most popular and easy to fulfil mitzvot. Thankfully, even Jews who are very far removed from traditional practice tend to have a 'mezuzah' (whether it is kosher or not is a different story) on their…
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Beha'alotcha: We Need You

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“Moshe said to his father-in-law, ‘We are now on our way to the place that G-d promised to us. Come with us and we will let you share the benefit of all good things that G-d has promised Israel’" (Bamidbar 10:29). After spending close to a year at…
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Parshat Shavua 5784 with weekly guest speakers (Beha'alot'cha)

Rabbi Adam Mintz

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Naso: Confession

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The Torah was given to us on at least two occasions. The first revelation, just weeks after the exodus was ineffectual as the people built a golden calf a mere 40 days later. The Torah that we have in our possession today was in given after Moshe…
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Parshat Shavua 5784 with weekly guest speakers (Naso)

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

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Nasso: Adultery isn't the Whole Story

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss a different way of looking at the Sotah episode. 
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Bamidbar: Laying the Foundation

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Sefer Bamidbar can be viewed as a book of missed opportunities. A small group of Jewish slaves—the midrash claims no more than one in five—showed great faith and resolve as they marched through a barren desert to hear the word of G-d…
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Parshat Shavua 5784 with weekly guest speakers (Bamidbar)

Yosef Lindell

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