Kriyat Habonim Blog

Shabbat Shalom Chaverim! This week’s parsha is Bereishit, “and in the beginning”, and is the first parsha in the Torah. A lot happens in this parsha (it’s pretty long) but in a nutshell this is what happens: G‑d creates the world in six days. On the first day He...

Sukkot: We are currently in the process of celebrating Sukkot, the Jewish chag which simultaneously serves to celebrate and give thanks for a bountiful harvest “mmm wheat” the ancient Hebrews would declare; and also to commemorate our time, 40 years to be precise, of...

Shabbat Shalom Chaverim! This week’s parsha in V’Zot HaBeracha, “and this is the blessing”, and is the final parsha in the Torah. This parsha recounts the blessings that Moses gave to each of the twelve tribes of Israel before his death. This echoes Jacob's...

  Parshat Ha’azinu – Deuteronomy 32 This week’s parsha is Ha’azinu (“Listen In”); the penultimate parsha in the Torah consisting of a 70-line song delivered by Moses on the last day of his life. Following his song Moses ascends Mount Nebo to see the Land of...

Year after year, at some point during the last week of December, I sit down with a notepad and a pen and write down around five, usually self-orientated, New Year’s resolutions. Year after year, at some point during the first week of January, I lose my notepad, I...

What did the cheese say to itself in the mirror? Helooo-me What happened when the cheese factory blew up? Da-bree was everywhere. I know that was cheesy but I think it’s grate. Too much. So it is Shavuot, one of my favourite Jewish chaggim, I always look back on...

When I think of my holy place I think of the Sydney Football stadium on a Sunday afternoon with the sun shining on my face, cold beer in my left hand and a Maxi-bon in my right. I am sitting in the coliseum of greatness where my heroes spilt blood, sweat and tears for...

Legless, long-bearded Rabbis gallivanting around aimlessly, overgrown babies dressed in onesies and that impressive collection of kosher sweets your younger sibling managed to scavenge off the Shule floor after doing all sorts of matrix moves between the stampedes of...

Shalom Chaverim, Days to week to months have passed and the wandering Jews are truly starting to earn their name. The people hood is forming and religious tradition is slowly becoming a part of day to day life. In this week’s parsha Tetzaveh a massive symbol of Jewish...

"Why do you sit alone with all the people standing by you from morning to evening?... You will surely become worn out ... as well as this people that is with you...." (Exodus 18:14-17) In this week’s Parasha, Moses’ father-in-law, Yitro, took two buses and a metrolink...