Saw you at Sinai? Regular readers of this parasha blog will know that I don’t often take up an explicitly feminist theme. Sure, I’m...

When Harris and I watch Netflix, it’s generally in ten minute chunks, snatched here and there amidst busy lives. On the odd occasion...

Hagar Part II - or the Akeidah of Ishmael Last week we looked at Hagar’s first exile in the desert, and this week she’s there again -...

It’s Shabbat shuva - the shabbat of repentance - and our days before Yom Kippur are slipping away. Very resonant therefore, is our...

The scene is a famous one. Yaakov, on his deathbed, asks to bless Efraim and Menashe, the two grandsons he only came to know at the end...

What is one moment which captures a picture of your resilience in the past two years? Have this question in mind as we learn together....

Boiled eggs, free will and the Hogwarts Sorting Hat Like the hard boiled, burnt egg on our seder plate, with each successive plague...

Tzav, which falls this year on Shabbat haGadol, continues the foray into the world of sanctuary rites and rules that characterise...

Tetzaveh - you’ve got your hands full This is the fashionista’s sedra - full of opulent, exquisite details about clothes. The fabrics,...

Nine and a half years ago, when Kehillat Nashira was a new dream, Gaby and I, the minyan’s founding chairpeople, spent much time thinking...

Feeling alone, unprotected, vulnerable, in uncharted territory? Or is that just Yaakov in this week's parasha? Like him, we're more cared...

What are the things you live for? What motivates you above all else? What would distract your focus from a mission you are supposed to be...

Shabbat shalom This sedra presents a veritable embarrassment of riches and it was seriously hard to decide what to speak about, but I...

Shabbat shalom This sedra presents a veritable embarrassment of riches and it was seriously hard to decide what to speak about, but I...

Here’s a fun text study exercise if you get a chance over Shabbat or before - compare the beginning of our parasha, Shlach (follow this...

With the start of Shabbat will come the start of Ellul - our month of preparation for the Chagim to come. One of my friends, a fellow...

Picture the scene which is set in this week’s parasha. You are in hills east of the Jordan river, surrounded by the tents and banners of...

Last night, our minyan was fortunate to meet Jude Rose and watch a film about their journey from being a rebbetzin to coming out as...

Most of this week’s Torah drashot will be about Noah - because it’s parashat Noah - and because Noah’s Ark is a majestic, iconic story...

We are at an awesome time of year, the shabbat before Rosh Hashana, where all of a sudden, Ellul - our month of preparation - has slipped...