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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.

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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
Torah scroll. Credit: Pixabay.
Column
Timeless truths
For many of us, the laws of the Torah feel every bit of their 3,300-plus years.
Jun. 16, 2022
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Wedding rings. Credit: Jeff Belmonte from Cuiabá, Brazil on Flickr via Wikimedia Commons.
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Work is a four-letter word
Too many young marrieds, after the inevitable first argument, come to the premature conclusion that they must have made a mistake.
Jun. 9, 2022
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
A Jewish boy holds a Torah scroll as he poses for a picture in a wheat field prior to the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. May 5, 2013. Photo by Mendy Hechtman/Flash90.
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Vanishing Jews and replenishing our numbers
The mystics compare every Jew to a letter of the Torah. Like those sacred letters, if even one is missing, we are all diminished.
Jun. 2, 2022
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Former Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom Jonathan Sacks. Credit: Office of Rabbi Sacks (rabbisacks.org/about-us/).
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Why me?
Misfortune is not necessarily a punishment for our mistakes.
May. 26, 2022
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Back of a postcard postmarked 1908. Credit: Wikimedia Commons,
Column
Life is a picture postcard
We start winding our words around the edges to get it all in.
May. 19, 2022
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Stacked coins. Credit: Pixaby.
Column
Ambassadors wanted
Fair or not, the fact of life is that Jews are scrutinized far more carefully than others.
May. 12, 2022
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Patriot missiles being launched to intercept an Iraqi Scud missile over the city of Tel Aviv on Feb. 12, 1991. Photo by Alpert Nathan, Israel GPO via Wikimedia Commons.
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Power or providence?
From the universally famous love thy fellow, respect for elders, and honest weights and measures to the Torah’s moral code in relationships, we Jews march to our own beat.
May. 5, 2022
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Eight-year-old “Lolek,” Israel Meir Lau (later, chief rabbi of Israel and chairman of the Yad Vashem Council). Credit: Yad Vashem.
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Remember!
Memories are not mere nostalgia; they recall the past and can ignite the future.
Apr. 28, 2022
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