Shalom Chaverim, Next week the Madrichim are heading off for a weekend seminar to prepare ourselves for a new year of educating, ruaching and general hineni-ing. In the lead up our Melbourne roshim (Sammy and Charlotte) were looking for someone with a first aid certificate to act as a medic on our seminar. As I got involved in this goose chase it got me thinking about why a first aid certificate suddenly gives one the power to help someone medically? Which got me thinking abo

This week's parsha, Mishpatim, is the first of four "special" Shabbatot in which we read a different maftir in honour of the particular week. The next four weeks we will attempt to explore how we can understand these four special weeks within our contemporary society. The Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar is referred to as Shabbat Shkalim. The Sabbath of Shekels. Rather than referring to the latest atrocity in Israel in which Cofix hiked up the price of their items from 5 to 6