Rabbi’s Blog
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Parshat Chukat – Rock Solid
July 8, 2022
Dear Friends, This week’s Parsha contains the incident of Mei Merivah – Waters of Strife, the tragic end game of the generation of the desert. Moshe Rabbenu is told he […]
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Parshat Korach – Rights & Privileges
July 1, 2022
Dear Friends, Canada day inspired me to reflect on my upbringing growing up in London, UK. As a young boy in primary school, our history classes naturally revolved around British […]
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Parshat Shelach – The Procrastination Doom Loop
June 24, 2022
Dear Friends, Do you recognize any of these excuses? If I take a nap now, I’ll have more focus later. If I eat this cake now, that’ll be my cheat […]
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Parshat Behalotecha – It’s Deep!
June 17, 2022
Dear Friends, In this week’s Parsha, we read: “We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt free of charge, the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic” (Bamidbar 11:5). The […]
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Parshat Nasso – “Drink Coca Cola”
June 10, 2022
Dear Friends, One of the remarkable things that the human mind is capable of doing is having the ability to “ingest” information and run with it. By looking at an […]
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Parshat Bamidbar / Shavuot – Active listening
June 3, 2022
Dear Friends, In 1957, Carl Rogers introduced the world to the concept of “active listening.” Active listening shifts the focus on listening to the speaker and responding so that the […]