Chukkat, 6th July 2019, Leslie Wheeler
The Red Heifer and the purification of tumah We read in (Numbers 19:2) “This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded, saying: Speak unto the children…
Niso, 8th June 2019, Tali Artman Partock
Religion without guilt I once more want to visit today the teaching of my Rabbi Shlomo, a man whose understanding of human nature and religion shaped my life. I try…
The House is On Fire, 27 April 2019, Simon Eder
At a meeting of the college faculty, an angel suddenly appears and tells the head of the philosophy department, “I will grant you whichever of three blessings that you choose:…
Parashat Metzora Shabbat Hagadol – 13th April 2019, Les Wheeler
When I was first offered this sermon, (my very first by the way!) I was really excited and couldn’t wait to look it up in the Chumash to see what…
Amidah Meditation, 6th April 2019, Mike Frankl
Given that we have had three scrolls today because it is Rosh Chodesh, I am not going to discuss any of the readings today but would just like to say…
Vayikra: Vocation, 16th March 2019, Benji de Almeida-Newton
Why do people do what they do? Well, if we’re thinking in terms of jobs in an industry of some sort then some people do what they do for money…
Parashat Tetzaveh, 16th February 2019, Tali Artman-Partock
For most of us, there are two types of Torah readings that we find harder to identify with: those which have to do with mass killings and those which describe…
The Hebrew Who Chooses to Remain in Slavery, 2nd February 2019, Marc Saperstein
Our Torah parashah this morning contains an embarrassment of riches for sermons. Most of it is of a legal character, establishing a basis for many of the fundamental principles of…
Faith and Freedom, 19th January 2019, Nick Shenker
Today is 13th Sh’vat 5779 in the Jewish calendar, the day my darling daughter Maya Hannah Shenker (Hannah bat Natan) made Bat’mitzvah here at Beth Shalom and didn’t she do…
Two new sermons – 5th and 12th January 2019
Bo – Fred Diamond, 12th January 2019 As you’ll have heard, this week’s Parasha, Bo, is building up to one of the main events of Sh’mot, the book of Exodus,…
