BINA Living: Kabbalah and Spirituality
This month’s classes:
BINA Living
Starts 9:20AM
BINA Living
Starts 9:20AM
BINA Living
Starts 9:20AM
BINA Living
Starts 9:20AM
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?
A MINDSET - NOT JUST A RESPONSE
Gratitude is one of the most powerful and important values. Jewish literature is full of sources highlighting the importance of showing appreciation. Modern Psychology…
The real iron-men
Joyful crowds filled more than one sports stadium this week. On the one side of the Atlantic, they gathered to celebrate the accomplishments…
Can an Agnostic Meet G-d?
I am just back from my big trip to Israel. I thought I’d never get there. I think it’s the first Jewish thing I’ve done since my bar mitzvah (which wasn’t so Jewish either)…
THE TEMPLE OF THE SOUL
This Sunday is Tisha B’av – 9th of Av, the day we mourn the destruction of the first and second Temples. As we discussed last week the Temples were not just physical…