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Rabbi Yossy Goldman. Credit: Ricci Goldstein Photography.

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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‘Justice, justice’ … why all the repetition?
Rashi basically tells us: The messenger matters as much as the message.
Aug. 10, 2026
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Bad versus good. Credit: Ramdlon/Pixabay.
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False prophets, then and now
Are we good because it pays to be good? Or are we good because we believe, down to our bones, that it’s the right way to live?
Aug. 3, 2026
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Fiddler Chaim Topol and Norman Jewison
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Fate vs. destiny
Did God choose us, or did we choose God?
July 27, 2026
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Megillah Reading
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Hear, O’ Israel!
Are our children hearing the call? Will they keep the faith?
July 20, 2026
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Temple Mount in Snow
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If I forget thee, O’ Jerusalem …
We continue to pass our heritage and values on to the next generation.
July 13, 2026
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
People playing soccer on a field. Credit: BOOM Photography/Pexels.
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On FIFA, ‘football’ and faith
A valuable lesson from the World Cup: Everybody has ground rules.
July 6, 2026
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
The gravesite of Yoni Netanyahu, brother of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, on June 30, 2023. Photo by Flash90.
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Remembering Entebbe, 50 years later
How many other countries would have had the courage, concern, faith and fearlessness to mount such a veritable “mission impossible?”
June 30, 2026
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Standing alone. Credit: IvekArt/Pixabay.
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Are we alone?
Once again, Israel is left to its own devices.
June 22, 2026
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
A Jewish man in Kfar Chabad, Israel, looks up at a poster of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Aug. 26, 2012. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.
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Are you a giver or a taker?
Let us be happy with our blessings and not pursue what other people may have.
June 15, 2026
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Tefillin and prayer book. Credit: mig-ua/Pixaby.
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On marathons and mitzvahs
Why is it so difficult to fulfil a commandment?
June 8, 2026
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Candles. Credit: Ronaldo R&K/Pexels.
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Keep the fire lit
Our Jewish identity must not weaken, falter and fade away from the winds of hate in this world.
June 1, 2026
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Individuality. Credit: condorhauck/Pixabay.
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Replicas and lookalikes
Worth is not determined by external facades, but by inner personality, character and morals.
May 25, 2026
Rabbi Yossy Goldman