Insights from the S&P Sephardi Community Rabbis on the Parsha Ekeb – Bendigamos, the Soul of the S&P There is only one Biblically mandated blessing and it appears in this week’s parashah. This singular obligation is to recite Birkat Hamazon, Grace after meals. The verse states: And thou shalt…

Download a printer friendly version here. Please click HERE to listen to this week’s audio recording read by Rabbi Joseph Dweck. Haftara for Ekeb 5777 : Lifeline ‘All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope. — Alexandre Dumas  Isaiah 49:14-51:3  Synopsis  For seven weeks after the…

Download a printer friendly version here. “Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained” — C.S. Lewis Love is a prominent theme in Moshe’s last address to the nation. The different forms of the word אהבה/love…

Ekeb 5775: Rain Dance  “Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.” — Roger Miller From the start, much of our relationship with G-d has revolved around rain. As the source of life, it is at the centre of our world, and when it falters, we naturally…

“To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.” — Harriet Beacher Stowe The name of our parasha, Ekeb, is the word for ‘heel’in Hebrew. According to…