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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.

It’s not safe to be smug about security or anything for that matter, especially our Torah learning.
The Jewish people have found spirituality at a physical address—whether that’s the tabernacle in the desert, the Temple in Jerusalem or the neighborhood synagogue.
On Purim and every day, take time to recognize the countless little miracles (and many not-so-little miracles).
Just as ecological actions bring a reaction, so it is in our Jewish lives.
On being human and honest, inside and out.
Does Judaism require faith or reason? Love or logic?
Even the catastrophes in Jewish history demonstrate our distinctiveness.
How could the generation of Moses have been so blind?