Compassion and mercy

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Rabbi Yehiel Grenimann
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis took part in protests held in cities across the country on Saturday night, the largest collaborative protest yet in a popular movement over social issues that has swept the country in the past two weeks.

Rabbi Yehiel Grenimann: “I say, as does the Torah as interpreted by the rabbis, “and thou shall choose life”! That is how our sages understood the text here, turning Moses’s demand to apply the good and the right into a principle of mercy” Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Magic and Human Rights

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Rabbi Gideon D Sylvester
03_Lundi_03_Cordoue_02_Maimonide

Rabbi Gideon D Sylvester checks what’s wrong with magic and what does it have to do with this week’s festival of Passover and the world of human rights? Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments