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Rabbi Warren Goldstein

Rabbi Warren Goldstein is the chief rabbi of South Africa and the founder of the International Shabbat Project.

As chief rabbi of South Africa, I know that millions of South Africans reject our government’s hostility towards the Jewish state.
As chief rabbi of South Africa, I call on Diaspora Jewry to take the fight to those who demonize the Jewish state and its supporters.
South Africa has declared open season on us.
Let us set aside 25 hours to return to our essential selves, our true identity and our sacred Jewish values.
Like Abraham’s tent, the Shabbat Project is a place of shade and relief, open to every Jew.
What good are profound values if we don’t know how to put them into action?
This is the message of Lag B’Omer, of Rabbi Akiva, who against all odds rebuilt Torah and with it, the Jewish people.
People conventionally understand the seder to be about getting the children to ask questions. But it goes deeper than that.