Shabbat shalom everyone, This is the fifth Sabbath since the waving of the Omer, so as with our tradition, we are looking at another part of the Covenant. This week, we are examining the covenant sworn by God with the people of Israel at Horev, the holy mountain in...

Shabbat shalom everyone, This is the fourth Sabbath since the waving of the Omer, so as with our tradition, we are looking at another part of the Covenant. This week, we are examining the covenant sworn by God with Abraham, and with the Patriarchs Isaac and Jacob....

Shabbat shalom everyone, As part of our custom to look at the seven parts of God’s Covenant in the run-up to Shavu‛ot, today we are looking at the covenant with Noah. This covenant confirms that all life has been given into the stewardship of humanity; it gives...

Shabbat shalom everyone, In the run-up to the Festival of Weeks (Shavu‛ot), on each Sabbath we are looking at each of the 7 parts of the Covenant. This week, we are looking at the Adamic Covenant – the second covenant which God made with the whole of humanity (the...

Shabbat shalom everyone, In just over six weeks’ time, we will be observing the Festival of First Fruits, also known as 'the Festival of Weeks'. In Rabbinic Judaism, it is celebrated as the Giving of the Torah. However, Torah itself says that this took place on the...

Shalom my sisters and brothers, There's one topic I don’t talk that often about, but which is nevertheless an important one for a religious life, and that is mental health. A healthy spirituality and good mental health go together hand in hand. Fundamentalist...

Shalom everyone, First of all, let me take this opportunity to wish you all a happy Festival of Unleavened Bread! May you enjoy a joyous and happy Passover Seder! Hag Matzot saméach! The story of the Exodus is the foundational birth-story of the nation of Israel. It...

Shalom everyone, In the Hasidic Jewish community, each sect celebrates the life and teachings of their respective founding Rebbes, in much the same way as we celebrate the life and teachings of the Prophet Yeshua. If you ever need to explain to other Jews how we, as...

Shalom my dearest sisters and brothers, At the end of this week, we'll be commemorating the martyrdom of the Prophet Yeshua, so today I thought it a good idea to look at his life as a prophet, and what such a calling might mean to us today. In the Hebrew Bible, some...

Shalom, my dearest sisters and brothers, You show who your heavenly Father is, by the conduct of your life, and what you strive and aspire to. None of us are perfect, but we show who our Sovereign and King is, by the values we hold up as important truths. If you...