Recent Writings
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Abuse – do not remain silent (Parashat Tzav)
Read more →: Abuse – do not remain silent (Parashat Tzav)This evening, I am not going to share with you some regular thoughts on our Torah portion of this Shabbat. We will learn more about it tomorrow morning,…
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Torah Comment Parashat Vayikra
Read more →: Torah Comment Parashat VayikraLeviticus 1:1-5:26 (Reading Lev. 5:5–5:26 Plaut p.660; Hertz p.410)Haftarah for Shabbat Ha Chodesh: Ezekiel 45:16-25 (Plaut p.1457; Hertz p.1001)This Shabbat we start with the reading of the third…
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Radio Sermon – Parashat Vayikra
Read more →: Radio Sermon – Parashat VayikraIf you have missed the last “Devotion” by Rabbi Schell at Radio Today, or if you like to hear it again, you may find the Podcast here: http://goo.gl/3mXyi1The…
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Torah Comment – Parashat Vayakehl Pekudei
Read more →: Torah Comment – Parashat Vayakehl PekudeiRabbi Schell’s Dvar Torah in this week’s Jewish Report: http://www.sajr.co.za/docs/default-source/pdf/13-march-2015.pdf
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Radio Sermon – Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
Read more →: Radio Sermon – Parashat Vayakhel-PekudeiIf you have missed the last “Devotion” by Rabbi Schell at Radio Today, or if you like to hear it again, you may find the Podcast here:http://betdavid.podomatic.com/ent…/2015-03-11T02_34_28-07_00The D’var…
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Radio Sermon – Parashat KiTisah
Read more →: Radio Sermon – Parashat KiTisahIf you have missed the last “Devotion” by Rabbi Schell at Radio Today, or if you like to hear it again, you may find the Podcast here: http://betdavid.podomatic.com/entry/2015-03-05T23_55_41-08_00the sermon…
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To behold the graciousness of the Eternal
Read more →: To behold the graciousness of the Eternalאחת שאלתי מאת־יהוה אותה אבקש שבתי בבית־יהוה כל־ימי חיי לחזות בנעם־יהוה ולבקר בהיכלו׃One thing I ask from the Eternal, One thing I desire:That I may dwell in the…
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Shabbat Shekalim
Read more →: Shabbat ShekalimShabbat Shekalim (“Sabbath [of] shekels”) takes place on the Shabbat before the 1st of the Hebrew calendar month of Adar, and is one of the four 4 special…
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Parashat Mishpatim and Shabbat Shekalim
Read more →: Parashat Mishpatim and Shabbat ShekalimTorah Comment Parashat MishpatimExodus 21:1 – 24:18 (Reading Ex. 23:26–24:18 Plaut p.522; Hertz p.319)Haftarah Shabbat Shekalim 2 Kings 12:5-16 (Plaut p.1451; Hertz p.993)After last weeks Revelation at Sinai,…
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Shabbat Shirah: God a man of war?
Read more →: Shabbat Shirah: God a man of war?Our Torah portion this morning describes that glorious moment in time when the Israelites, just having been emancipated from Egypt, cross the Red Sea in such a miraculous…