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There is a golden rule known to every preacher: always start your sermons with a question. A good question captivates and has the audience craving a resolution. If a clever answer is given to a profound question, the sermon can be considered to have been successful. Questions are the greatest conduit to the furtherance of knowledge. It is therefore ironic how many of us go through our lives without questioning. How often have we asked really searching questions about the world we live in? Many of us would rather live an easy life without tackling difficult issues. But is curiosity really a virtue? Recommend this article... |
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Matisyahu is now an international phenomenon; he is a reggae singer with a difference. Instead of dreadlocks he sports a trilby. His beard is predicated on the Kabbalists’ theosophy instead of Rastafarian tradition and his clothing places him in an Ultra Orthodox Jewish enclave rather than a black ghetto. Now with the release of his latest CD it seems that Matisyahu’s tremendous success so far is about to reach unprecedented heights. Predictably, this man’s singing antics are deeply controversial. Recommend this article... |
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Written by Rabbi Levi Brackman
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Amongst other things, the Torah teaches us the six hundred and thirteen ordinances that G-d commanded us. Many of the Torah’s laws are dependent on the existence of our Holy Temple. Consequently nearly half of these six hundred and thirteen ordinances have not been applicable for the last two thousand years of exile.
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Written by Rabbi Levi Brackman
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How often have you heard people say, “I am a Jew at heart although I do not go to Shul much?” What should the role of a synagogue be in the life of a Jew? Recommend this article... |
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Written by Rabbi Levi Brackman
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Sunday, 19 March 2006 |
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A student of mine recently started to become religious and decided to go to Israel and study in a Yeshiva (rabbinic college). When I questioned his motives he told me that since all rabbis and religious people he had ever met were such incredibly good and kind people he was drawn to the way of life and ideology that produced such exemplary human beings. Another conversation I had earlier this week could not have been more different. A man came to see me about a difficulty he was experiencing. He told me that he had abandoned his religious lifestyle about two years ago. When I asked him why he had done so he said it boiled down to one factor: rabbis. He went on to describe a whole catalogue of situations where he had been severely let down by rabbis and the religious community. Recommend this article... |
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