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Rabbi Yossy Goldman

Rabbi Yossy Goldman is Life Rabbi Emeritus of the Sydenham Shul in Johannesburg, president of the South African Rabbinical Association and a popular international speaker. He is the author of From Where I Stand on the weekly Torah readings, available from Ktav.com and Amazon.

Coins, Money, Donations
Torah Portion of the Week
Where’s the money?
Charity today is what sacrifices were yesterday.
Mar. 16, 2026
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Jewish Wedding, Iran War
Column
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Mar. 9, 2026
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Remembering Those Lost on Oct. 7
Column
Purim, then and now
Mar. 2, 2026
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Passover
Opinion
Passover Q&A
The Wise Son asks a question, the Wicked Son makes a statement.
Apr. 4, 2023
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
The menorah that was lit in the Verkhovna Rada (or Rada, the supreme council or parliament of Ukraine) in Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv, as part of a pre-Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony on Dec. 20, 2019. Photo by Ian Dobronosov.
Opinion
Children leading parents?
We see a worldwide return to Torah observance thanks to the younger generation.
Mar. 30, 2023
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Ten Commandments
Opinion
The ‘alef’ of leadership
Moses was both the greatest prophet and the humblest of all men.
Mar. 23, 2023
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Charity Box, Tzedakah
Opinion
A time for giving
If there is one value and one mitzvah that unites all Jews, it is charity.
Mar. 16, 2023
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
"Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur," painting by Maurycy Gottlieb, 1878. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Do Jews count?
Of course, we do, we just don’t count ourselves.
Mar. 9, 2023
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Ten Commandments
Opinion
Was Moses a no-name brand?
Maybe a prophet’s name doesn’t matter all that much.
Mar. 1, 2023
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
"Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur," painting by Maurycy Gottlieb, 1878. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Heaven on Earth?
We go to synagogue so we can experience the infinite in a finite space.
Feb. 22, 2023
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Rescued Air France passengers wave to the waiting crowd while leaving the belly of an IAF Hercules military transport aircraft at Ben-Gurion International Airport on July 4, 1976. Credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/National Photo Collection of Israel via Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
A half-shekel, a whole people
Whether in Israel or the Diaspora, we are one community, and if we don’t look after each other, who will?
Feb. 15, 2023
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
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