Dear Friend, Sinai Indaba did it again! The crowds, the atmosphere, the lectures- and lecturers- the conversations, the prideâŠThank you Chief Rabbi Goldstein for another spectacular world class Jewish experience! Also a special thank-you to the Chief Rabbi for having ensured that all Shuls in Cape Town had an Indaba speaker over Shabbas. It was […]
The people of Israel are called upon to contribute thirteen materialsâgold, silver and copper; blue-, purple- and red-dyed wool; flax, goat hair, animal skins, wood, olive oil, spices and gemsâout of which, Gâd says to Moshe, âThey shall make for Me a Sanctuary, and I shall dwell amidst them.â In the Sanctuaryâs inner chamber, […]
Dear Friend, Why is it that we only appreciate something when we lose it? Itâs a truism that distance makes the heart grow fonder (and the memory fuzzier, but no matter). The less we have of something the more we want it- and appreciate it! Our favourite pastime is complaining about the weather; itâs either […]
Dear Friend, A warm welcome to delegates of the African Jewish Congress who will be at our Shul this evening. The conference is headed by its president, Rebbetzin Ann Harris. Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft is the Rabbi of the Congress and is more popularly known as the âTravelling Rabbiâ. Heâll deliver the Shiur tomorrow after the […]
Dear Friend, A new secular year, school year or calendar year? Whatever it is, itâs good. New beginnings are good. I think thatâs why G-d created night and day (with day following night), giving us an opportunity each day for a new beginning. So, having ushered in a new secular- or calendar- year last week, […]
Dear Friend, âIt all goes, with how you closeâ is a Talmudic legal principal. It means that the conclusion of any act defines the act, even more than the beginning. And boy are we closing the year with a bang! Not one, but two smachot this Shabbos- and two weeks in a row. Beyond the […]
Welcome to our new Bachurim, Tzvi and Josh who recently arrived from Israel to spend a year with us at the Yeshiva of Cape Town. Tzvi and Josh join Amitai and Jonathan and are already making their mark in our Shul and around town! Josh & Tzvi will co-host the shiur after the brocha titled […]
Dear Friend, Of all Israelâs marvels, the Iron Dome has to rank up there in the top tier of high-tech âmiraclesâ. On our Marais Road Shul Israel Tour almost 4 years ago, we landed at the beginning of the first Gaza war and actually witnessed the Iron Dome intercept a missile! Not only did this […]
Dear Friend, From last weekâs âpower Shabbasâ (thatâs what itâs called when the Shul is almost as full as Rosh Hashanah), we now enter into a Shabbas of Smachot! Mazel tov to former Shul president Stephen and Renee Gore on the upcoming marriage of their son Neil to Terri Haarburger! Neil was one of the […]
Dear Friend, We humans are hard wired to like the underdog; to revel in the victory of the unexpected. Why else would Nike throw more money than ever at an athlete no one ever heard of till this week, called Wayde van Niekerk? Simply put, we are suckers for a good rags to riches tale […]
