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Nathan Beswick- Dvar Torah

Good morning family and friends. My Torah portion is from the book of Exodus and it is called Bo, it is about the last three plagues, loc...

Daniella Segall - Dvar Torah

My Torah portion is called Vayetzei. There is so much to grasp from it. Jacob leaves his home as he is running from is brother who is tr...

Henry Hahn, Bar Mitzvah Dvar Torah

Chayei Sarah Intro (short summary, 3 sentences) My text Chayei Sarah is in the book of Genesis, the first book in the Torah. Avraham was ...

Ruby Saks - Dvar Torah

My Torah portion is Lech Lecha in the book of Genesis, which is the 1st book. It is about Abram and Sarai’s journey to the land that g-d ...

Safiya James - Dvar Torah

WHAT IS G-D’s GENDER? My message today for you all to go home and think about is ‘what is G-d’s gender?’. During my one on one sessions w...

Bar Mitzvah Mitzvah - Ben Stoltzman

For my Mitzvah Project, I decided to use my talent and love for swimming to raise funds for the Sunflower Fund and Project Flamingo. The...

Keira Kantor - Mitzvah Project

I live in the Hout Bay area. There is an inforal settlement there. Last year it had a fire which had a terrible effect on people's lives....

Keira Kantor - Dvar Torah

In their sermons Rabbi Greg and Rabbi Malcolm explain the meanings of the weekly portions from the Torah and the Haftarah. They often say...

Tantan Kuti-Alexander's Dvar Torah

My Torah Portion is B’reishit, the first parshah of the Torah. B’reishit is all about the Creation of the World. The creation of humans, ...

Dvar Torah - Bryce Herbert

My Torah portion is Shabbat Chol Ha-Mo-eid Sukkot. Moses speaks to the Israelites on the banks of the River Jordan. He reminds the Isra...

Mitzvah Project - Max Domingo

For my mitzvah I decided to go to Darg, which is a rescue organisation for aminals. I decided to go to Darg because I love animals. Whe...

Luchiano Beyhan - Mitzvah Project

On the 2 of May I went with my sister and best friend Mathew to DARG adoption centre in Hout Bay We saw different types of dogs and cats....

Dvar Torah - Gabriel Sieff

Today, we look at two different Torah portions. Ki Tisa, from the book of Exodus, and Shabbat Parah, from the book of Numbers. We add in ...

Dvar Torah - David Sandler

My portion is Tetzaveh and it is in the book of Shemot, Exodus. My portion talks about a lot of important subjects. It begins with the Me...

David Sandler's Mitzvah Project

I went to help Souper Troopers for my Bar Mitzvah project. Souper Troopers helps people who live on the streets. People volunteer their t...

Gabriel Dubb - Dvar Torah

My parsha or torah portion is called Yitro. Yitro, in English, Jethro, is Moses’s father-in-law. Yitro was a Midianite priest and he was...

Leah Miller - Dvar Torah

My torah portion is about the Jewish people leaving their life of slavery in Egypt. How Moses split the Sea of Reeds and the Song of the ...

Dvar Torah - Lily Stein

My Torah portion is Va’eira it is found in the book of Shmot. The parashah takes place in Egypt where the Jews were enslaved. One day G-...

T’shuvah and The Possibility of Healing for a Wife-Batterer - Jewish Teachings for the Domestic Abus

SAFFI - Faith-based responses to male perpetrators of intimate partner abuse: what guidance do we get from Holy Scripture and ancient tea...

Massimo Diliberto - Dvar Torah

In this week’s Parshah, we learn that Sarah dies at the age of 127 and is buried in the Machpelah Cave in Hebron, which Abraham purchases...

Massimo Diliberto - Mitzvah Project

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Dvar Torah - Mathew Mosbach

DVAR TORAH MY PORTION IS called Eikev, from the book of D’varim, THE FIFTH AND LAST BOOK OF THE TORAH. THE PARESHAH TELLS US OF THE BLESS...

Mathew Mosbach - Mitzvah Project

I visited highlands house--home for Jewish aged ,and it was the most wonderful experience one could imagine . Coming into contact with th...

Jarod Wolman - Dvar Torah

My Torah portion is called BeChuko-thai and it comes from the end of the third book of Torah called Leviticus. The reading contains three...

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