Dvar Torah for this week Vayakhel Pekudai and Coronavirus An African child playing with a roll of waste paper recently was told off by his mother “Don’t waste! There are children in Australia who don’t have access to toilet paper right now”. Our universe is currently suffering the impact of …
Read More »Torah reading: Yitro. Humility while winning.
Humility while winning. Have you ever heard a recipient of an award or compliment say they feel “humbled” by the accolade? Why is it that they associate humility with winning? If anything, not winning would show humility. When you win, you feel exalted, proud and excited. You feel like you …
Read More »Holy Moses; not a Palestinian in sight!
The news that Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria is restoring artist John Herbert’s Moses Bringing Down the Tables of the Law is cause for celebration. Moses, who lived about 1391-1271 BCE, figured in the most momentous events in Jewish history. He led the Jews out of slavery in Egypt, guided …
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