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9 May 2013 | Dr Raphael Zarum
Sinai Revisited
Dr Raphael Zarum, Dean of LSJS, explores the scene at Mt. Sinai and discovers how the Divine Revelation still beckons …
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26 April 2013 | Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
From Kohanim to Corpses: A brief study of Parashat Emor
So it’s Parashat Emor, and we’re STILL plodding through Vayikra, and it’s just law after law after law— sacrifices, skin… -
21 March 2013 | Dr Raphael Zarum
Chad Gadya – A commentary by Lemony Snicket
Dr Raphael Zarum choses a great reading to end your Seder…
Someone’s father purchases a goat,
and this goat …
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28 February 2013 | Maureen Kendler
Art & the Four Sons
Although prayer books in the Jewish tradition are traditionally undecorated, art in the Pesach Haggadah has been an exception for …
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27 February 2013 | Maureen Kendler
Maureen Kendler celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Podwal Haggadah written for Soviet Jewry
“Pharaonu Gavaryu, atpusti narod moi!”
How many printed Haggadot have been produced in the last 500 years?
100 years ago, …
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27 February 2013 | Dr Raphael Zarum
The Difficult Freedom of Pesach
The Difficult Freedom of Pesach
Dr Raphael Zarum, Dean of LSJS asks: When were we really free?
When did our …
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27 February 2013 | Dr Raphael Zarum
Exodus & Egyptology: Tips for the Seder
Spice up your Seder with some original relationships between ancient Egypt and the Haggadah by Dr Raphael Zarum, Dean of… -
14 December 2012 | Dr Simon Cooper
Biblical Heroes: Avigayil
Avigayil became one of King David’s wives. It is said that in her, beauty, wisdom and prophetic gifts were joined. …
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14 December 2012 | admin
Turning Points: Moshe kills
At what point can we define Moshe’s ‘moment’ in establishing himself as a leader?
After he is ‘grown’ (Shemot 2: …