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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.

Circumcision, which spiritually is understood as removing obstacles and facades—and connecting with one’s true, inner essence—is like starting over.
Want to change the world? Then look in the mirror first.
What was Noah’s response? Not to throw in the towel, no matter how bleak the world may appear.
Reconciling religion and science; there really is no contradiction.
That awful day and its aftermath touched us in ways we hadn’t been touched before.
A Jew is a Jew is a Jew is a Jew …
In the Torah, Abraham goes down for posterity not as “the man of faith,” but as the ultimate “man of kindness.”
Looking for heaven? Look right here on Earth!