BINA Living
Ancient Jewish wisdom applied in a modern world through Personal growth.
This month’s classes:
BINA Living
Starts 9:20AM
There's a Branch Right Near You
Question: Someone asked me why we wave the Lulav in six directions – right, left, forward, up, down, backward. I didn’t really know…
What is the Biggest Threat to Judaism?
Question:I am teaching a high school class about threats to Judaism in the modern world. What do you see as the biggest threat to Jewish survival?
Want Good Return on your Honey?
Question: Every year on the night of Rosh Hashana, I like to share with my family a new thought about why we dip apple in honey…
Overcome Your Fear of Dogs
Question: Why are religious Jews scared of dogs? Whenever I walk mine past a frum family, all the kids hide behind their mother’s skirt in terror…
NOT NAIVE JUST LOVING
Rabbi Michoel GourarieA gentile seeking to convert to Judaism once approached the great sage Hillel and said: “Teach me the whole Torah while I stand on one foot.”…
The Matchmaker's Secret
Question: I guess I wasn’t supposed to be a matchmaker. I set up five couples, and none of them worked out. Most of them said I wasn’t even close…
A matter of convenience?
Rabbi Yaacov ChaitonIn this week’s Torah portion G-d instructs the people that after entering the holy land they are to appoint a Jewish king for themselves…
How Did Reproduction Evolve?
Question: I’ll tell you why I prefer science over religion. The Bible is riddled with contradictions and inconsistencies. To accept it you…
Can a Pregnant Woman Enter a Cemetery?
Question:I am currently 7 months pregnant, and a good friend’s tombstone consecration is coming up next week. I am not sure whether or not to go…
Your smelly soul
Question: What is the significance of the sniffing at the spices (“besamim”) during the Havdalah ceremony at the conclusion of Shabbat?
A VERB - NOT JUST A NOUN
Last week we suggested that gratitude is not a response to something positive, but rather a constant mindset and feeling of gratefulness for all the gifts…
Of Rodents and Relationships
Question: I have a problem with organised religion. Light candles, go to shul, eat this, don’t eat that etc etc. What sort of G-d demands these things from us?