Moses Saw October 7 Coming. Why Didn’t We? By: Rabbi Elie Mischel Moses spoke these words more than 3,000 years ago, in the last song he taught the people of Israel before he died. On the morning of October 7, 2023, we watched them come to life in the kibbutzim and towns of southern Israel. Outside, Hamas terrorists went from house to house and hunted down young people across the fields of the Nova music festival. Inside, families crouched in the mamad, the reinforced safe room built into...

GARMENTS OF LIGHT Garments of Light Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z"tl The context is one of the best-known stories of the Bible. Together in the Garden of Eden, surrounded by the rich panoply of creation, the first human couple have everything they could possibly want - except one thing, a tree from which they are forbidden to eat. Needless to say, that is the one thing they want. “Stolen waters taste sweet,” says the Book of Proverbs. They eat; their eyes are opened;...

Saturday 10th October 2026 29th Tishrei 5787 PARASHAT BEREISHIT – בְּרֵאשִׁית – “In the beginning … “ FFOZ Torah: Genesis 1:1-6:8, Prophets: I Samuel 20:18-42, Gospel: Matthew 24:29-36 Bereishit - In the beginning ... Summary: In the beginning, God creates the heavens and the earth, establishing order from tohu va’vohu (formlessness and void). The world is shaped in six days, culminating in the creation of humankind made in the image of God. The...