BINA Living: Rabbi Levi Gourarie
This month’s classes:
BINA Living
Starts 9:20AM
Why is there a Key in my Challah?
Question: I have heard that there is a custom to bake challah with a key hidden inside for the Shabbat after Pesach…
Zodiac at the Seder Table?
Question: I am very connected to the zodiac and was wondering if there is a link between the stars and the timing of Pesach…
The Roosters and the Frogs
Question: When it comes to the Pesach Seder, I always get stuck in the ten plagues that were visited on the Egyptians.
Is Gambling Kosher?
Question: As we are trying to enter the property market, we sometimes joke that we would need to win the lottery to afford the house of our dreams.
Short Pesach Thoughts
A selection of Short Pesach thoughts
Be Specific
Have you ever resolved to change a habit or a negative behavior and found it too difficult to sustain? Have you ever had…
Today's Golden Calf
Question: In this week’s Torah portion we read the story of the Golden Calf – how just a few days after receiving the Torah the…
Atheism and the Family
Question:I have been an atheist for a while now. I don’t feel I am missing anything with G-d out of my life. If anything…
Purim and Noise
Question: I find Purim a very noisy festival. During the Megila when the name of Haman is mentioned children…
Can I Befriend the Son of a Nazi?
Question: I have an acquaintance who was born in Germany, but raised most of his life in the USA. His father was a member…
Moulded not welded
The Tabernacle, G-d’s place of rest in this world, was comprised of many holy objects and items – the alters, the menorah…