Thought For The Week

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Eikev – A thought for the week by Michael Lewis

This week the Parashah is Eikev. Moses continues his discourse as we wait before entering the land. He reminds them of the choices that...

Va-etchanan – A thought for the week by Michael Lewis

This week, the Shabbat of consolation, Shabbat Nachamu; we start the countdown to Rosh Hashanah in 7 weeks’ time. We will soon be facing...

Devarim – A thought for the week by Michael Lewis

Moses is now speaking to the people before we were to cross the Jordan: no longer a history but a series of reviews. It contains...

Matot Masei – A thought for the week by Michael Lewis

This week we come to the end of the Book of Bamidbar and catch up with the Torah readings in Israel as we read the double Sedrot of...

Pinchas – A thought for the week by Michael Lewis

The Sedra this week seems strangely disjointed. The story of Pinchas and his zealotry could be seen as belonging to the events described...

Balak – A thought for the week by Michael Lewis

It is curious that the Sedra is named after the instigator of the proposed curses against us, Balak, rather than his agent, Bilaam. ...

Chukkat – A thought for the week by Michael Lewis

After 40 years in the wilderness, near the borders of the Promised Land and, after a whole series of laws have been given to guide us, we...

Korach – A thought for the week by Michael Lewis

In the whole of the Torah, we find five Parashot which contain names: Noach, Chayei Sarah, Yitro, Korach and Balak. It is only here, with...

Shelach Lecha – A thought for the week by Michael Lewis

This week we read about the spies sent into Canaan and the resulting 40 tragic years we were to spend in the wilderness. Unlike Abraham,...

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