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Jun 18, 201413 min read
Korach and the Daughters of Zelofchad – Arguing for the sake of Heaven? – Parshat Korach
For a printable PDF version click here: Parshat Korach 5774 I’m not sure how many mothers will have slept well this week. The image of...
Jun 12, 201414 min read
On Cognitive Distortion and a Shift in Perspective – Parshat Shelah Lecha 5774
David Burns in his international best selling self-help book on depression and mood therapy, lists ten cognitive distortions that lead to...
Jun 5, 201417 min read
On running before you can walk – Parshat Behaalotacha 5774
To download a printable PDF click here: Parshat Behaalotacha – On running before walking The startling complaints Sefer Bamidbar is...
May 30, 201418 min read
The Process of Truth and impact of Time – Shavuot 5774
For a printable PDF version click here: Shavuot – time and process Counting as a process There’s a fabulous Winnie the Pooh book I was...
May 22, 201415 min read
It’s All In the Name – Parshat Bamidbar 5774
For a printable PDF version click here: Parshat Bamidbar – Its all in the name I became A-7713. After that I had no other name.” Elie...
May 7, 201417 min read
Shmitta: On Mindfulness and Striving for the Ideal – Yom Hashoa-Yom Hazikaron-Yom Haatzmaut
For a printable PDF version click here: Parshat Behar (Bechukoti) 5774 Final From Destruction to Redemption: A Dialectical experience...
May 1, 201411 min read
Blaming the Blasphemer – Parshat Emor 5774
For a printable Pdf click here: Society today is dominated by a culture of blame. It is easier to blame others – our parents, the...
Apr 10, 201412 min read
Some Personal Reflections on Pesach-Pesach 5774
For a printable PDF version click here: Some Personal Reflections on Pesach 5774 This week, in light of Pesach fast approaching, I would...
Apr 3, 201411 min read
The Holiness of the Whole – Parshot Tazria-Metzora, Achrei Mot-Kedoshim 5774
For a printable PDF click here: The Holiness of the Whole – Tazria mezora AchreiMot Kedoshim There are times when it can be frustrating...
Mar 20, 201415 min read
A Foreign Fire: The boundaries of Spontaneity – Parshat Shemini 5774
For a printable PDF click here: Shemini – A Foreign Fire The tension in any religious experience between rules, boundaries and framework,...
Mar 13, 201416 min read
Venahafoch Hu: Between the Divine and Human role – Purim 5774
For a printable PDF click here: The Reversal in the Divine -Human relationship -Reflections on Purim If we want to find a paradigm in...
Mar 6, 201411 min read
Between the Ideal and the Real – Parshat Vayikra
For a printable PDF click here: Parshat Vayikra – Between the ideal and the real final Sefer Vayikra is a difficult book. It lacks the...
Feb 20, 201412 min read
The Framework of Creativity – Parshat Vayakhel-Pekudei 5774
For a printable PDF version please click here:Parshat Vayakhel Pekudei 5774 t Religion and Creativity: A modern dilemma? I recently read...
Feb 13, 201416 min read
On Having and Being – Parshat Ki Tisa 5774
To download a printable PDF version click here: Parshat Ki Tisa- To Have and To be To Have and To Be The scene is shocking, almost...
Feb 6, 201419 min read
Inside Out – Parshat Tezaveh 5774
For a printable PDF version click here: Parshat Tezaveh – Inside out What do we know? How do we know? Can we ever achieve absolute...
Jan 30, 201413 min read
On Being Part of A Whole – Parshat Terumah 5774
To read the printable PDF click here: Parshat Teruma – On Being Part of a Whole Individualism v Collectivism: I would like to begin this...
Jan 26, 20148 min read
Between God’s Authority and Man’s Conscience – Parshat Mishpatim 5774
To Read the printable PDF click here:Mishpatim – Between God’s Authority and Man’s conscience The Role of Ethics in Modern Thought: In...
Jan 26, 201414 min read
An Epiphany of love – Parshat Yitro 5774
To Read the printable PDF click here:Yitro-An Epiphany of love The Significance of Revelation? When I taught at a school in London many...
Jan 26, 201411 min read
A Taste of Independence – Parshat Beshalach 5774
A Taste of Independence Beshalach 5774 Dependence to Independence: Donald Winnicot, the renowned British paediatrician and psychoanalyst,...
Jan 26, 20149 min read
Memory – Bound – Parshat Bo – 5774
” וְהִגַּדְתָּ לְבִנְךָ, בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לֵאמֹר: בַּעֲבוּר זֶה, עָשָׂה ה” לִי, בְּצֵאתִי, מִמִּצְרָיִם. ט וְהָיָה לְךָ לְאוֹת...
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