Parsha: Lech Lecha (2025)
An 80-year-old man arrived at his doctor’s office for an appointment. The waiting room was crowded, and he patiently sat in line for his turn. The doctor, noticing the elderly man glancing repeatedly at his watch, could tell he seemed to be in a hurry. When it was finally his turn, the doctor invited him […]
Parsha: Noach (2025)
It’s not often that we get to celebrate a 100th Birthday of a dear friend. on Wednesday Regina/ Gina Stark celebrated her 100th birthday Bh!A Holocaust survivor, founding member of our Shule, and a dear friend to many in our community. I had the privilege and honour to visit Regina just before her birthday and […]
Parsha: Vezot Habracha (2025)
Simchat Torah & Shmini Atzeret Hope you all are enjoying Sukkot! As I am writing this, my prayer and hope is that we hear good news for the hostages, and their safe return to their families. As we come closer to Simchat Torah, I want to wish Mazal tov to our Chatan Torah Bryan Woolf […]
Parsha: Ha’zinu (2025)
Vzot hab’racha / Sukkot Wow ! What a special Yom Kippur that was…. We now enter in the festive and joyous time of this festive season. Next week from Monday night, we will start to celebrate the joyous holiday of Sukkot. The Talmud tells us that “One who has not seen the joy of the […]
Parsha: Vayelech (2025)
What a beautiful Rosh Hashana we had ! I personally felt uplifted and inspired, I hope it was as inspiring and uplifting for you as well. It also was so exciting to come into the newly and beautifully refurbished Shule! After Rosh Hashana we have entered a new sacred time. The “Ten days of Teshuva […]
Parsha: Netzavimv (2025)
Rosh Hashana is just around the corner! Soon we will all get together in Shule and bring our families together for the Yom tov meals. Amongst all the beautiful experiences of Rosh Hashana, Jewish unity is one of them. It is the most important prerequisite to have, in order for our prayers to be answered. […]
Parsha: Ki Tavo (2025)
Yoni Kahan leads a company that provides vacation packages for Jewish people who want kosher food and other Jewish needs while on a holiday. While on one of his many business trips to the alps in Italy, he missed out on his booking that he made for a hotel, due to flight delay and traffic. […]
Parsha: Ki Teitzei (2025)
There is a heart-warming story of a husband who worked faithfully for his employer for many years. He knew he should ask for a raise, but found it to be too difficult to approach his boss, so kept procrastinating. One day his wife said, “Go ask him, you got this.” He finally approached his employer. […]
Parsha: Shoftim (2025)
Dear Kehilla, The past few weeks many schools celebrated “book week,” an annual event, that promotes the importance of reading. While many books have brought so much vital and impotant information, it is the Torah that still holds the record of fetching the highest price ever spent on a book. The Codex Sassoon, an ancient […]
Parsha: Re’eh (2025)
One of the foundations and pillars of Judaism is Charity, Tzedakah. During our Bar Mitzvah courses here at Shule, I often point out that Charity isn’t an accurate translation for Tzedakah. Charity denotes act of volunteerism, where you choose to do something out of the kindness of your heart. Charity means we weren’t obligated to […]