Ki Teitzei: Why do Mitzvot?
In this week’s parsha, HaShem tells us the reward for sending away the mother bird: If a bird’s nest chances before you on the road… you shall not take the mother upon the young....
Category: Wellington Lights
Wellington Lights is our regular weekly dvar Torah on the parasha hashavua, sometimes supplemented by additional divrei Torah.
Parshat Shoftim: Don’t be Afraid
In this week’s parsha, there are many laws about what we must do and how we should behave during a war.
The Haftorah question: what do we read on Shabbas Rosh Chodesh Elul?
The following discussion are the views of Dr Russell Harding and is not intended to be a psak on the issue.
Re’eh (Rosh Chodesh Elul): Self and community
The following words of Torah were delivered by Dr Russell Harding on Shabbat, 11 August 2018:
Eikev – Heavenly bread: when we have more than we need
In Parshat Eikev, Moshe reminds Am Yisrael of the Manna that HaShem had been giving them for the past 40 years, and the lesson that can be learned from it. The first time the...
Devarim – Will You Still Love me… Tomorrow
In 1960 the song Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, co-written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, was recorded by the Shirelles. This song became the #1 hit in the United States, which was a...