by NHC | Dec 17, 2021 | Parsha
Parsha, parshah, parashat, parshas…. it’s all the same. Have you ever thought “I really should read this week’s Parsha?” Then despite all best intentions, something gets in the way. You then soothe your guilt by thinking “not...
by NHC | Dec 10, 2021 | Parsha
Parshat Vayigash 5782 – Vayigash in a Nutshell Genesis 44:18–47:27 Judah approaches Joseph to plead for the release of Benjamin, offering himself as a slave to the Egyptian ruler in Benjamin’s stead. Upon witnessing...
by NHC | Nov 19, 2021 | Mashiach, Parsha
Parshat Vayishlach 5782 Vayishlach: Geed Hanasheh—Sciatic NerveGeed hanasheh is the sciatic nerve, a sinew in the hip that Jews are forbidden to eat. Many know that kosher meat must be slaughtered and salted. Not many know about neekur, the intricate process that...
by NHC | Nov 12, 2021 | Parsha
Parshat Vayetsei 5782 (Reprinted with permission from Rabbi Lew, Manchester England). Rising and Falling – the ladders in our lives. Our Sidrah begins with a dream in which a ladder features prominently. You may have heard about the breaking story that...
by NHC | Nov 5, 2021 | Parsha
Parshat Toldot 5782 DELAYED GRATIFICATION Imagine answering a knock on the door one afternoon, to a neighbour offering you $1000 for the beaten-up old vase on your front hall table. It’s a no-brainer; you’d take the money in a flash and slam the door on him...
by NHC | Oct 29, 2021 | Parsha
Parshat Chayei Sarah 5782 – in a nutshell (reprinted from Chabad.org with permission) Sarah dies at age 127 and is buried in the Machpelah Cave in Hebron, which Abraham purchases from Ephron the Hittite for four...
by NHC | Oct 22, 2021 | Parsha
Parshat Vayeira 5782 G‑d reveals Himself to Abraham three days after the first Jew’s circumcision at age ninety-nine; but Abraham rushes off to prepare a meal for three guests who appear in the desert heat. One of the three—who are angels disguised as men—announces...
by NHC | Oct 15, 2021 | Parsha
Lech-Lecha 5782 The portion of Lech-Lecha introduces us fully to Abraham and Sarah – the couple responsible for announcing monotheism to the world. It was they who reintroduced the one and only G-d to a society who had expunged Him. Where civilisation had...
