Benjy’s Speech at the Vigil for Pittsburgh

A Boger of Habonim Dror, Benjy Goldstone, went to the vigil for the victims of the Pittsburgh Massacre on the 31st of October 2018. You can read below his inspiring speech. Hello, my name is Benjy. I’m a first-year student at Nottingham Trent University and am a...

Guilty until proven innocent?

This coming week’s parsha is VaYikra (“and He called”) and is the first parsha of Leviticus. The parsha lays out the reasons one must make a sacrifice (i.e. for peace and sins) but the one most interesting to me the laws of “guilt offerings”. These are offerings that...

The Manual of the Tabernacle and Movement?

The past week’s parsha is Pekudei and is the final parsha of the Book of Exodus. This week’s parsha spends a lot of time acting as a manual. It is not a manual for how we should live our lives but rather how we should go about building the Tabernacle and the Tent of...

Mishpatim and the Refugees

This week’s parsha is Mishpatim and consists of 53 mitzvot, the promise of the Land of Israel to the Israelites and Moses ascending Mount Sinai for 40 days and 40 nights. The parsha details God laying down the law to his children many of them specific, archaic and...

Justice and Morality and the 10 Commandments

Shabbat Shalom all! It is that time again in the week that we sit back, relax and hang with our family or friends. But it is also time for this week’s parsha. This week’s parsha is Yitro and some pretty big events occur. For starters Jethro (Moses’ father-in-law)...