In this video reflection, Rachael talks about this week’s Torah Portion, Parshat Korach. This Parsha begins with an Israelite named Korach, stirring up a rebellion against Moses and his leadership and ends with Korach’s coup being spoiled by a little ‘Divine Intervention.’ Find out what happens.

Rachael offers a suggestion on how to use Mussar to help with all the organizing and stress of cooking, cleaning and preparing for Passover.

As Passover approaches, Rachael looks at the question of why some Jewish people sell their Chametz (bread products) and also offers an alternative idea of what you can do with all that Chametz.

Students at Universities and Colleges all over Canada have come together to denounce Zionism and the State of Israel at an event called Israel Apartheid Week or IAW. While these students claim their acts are Anti-Zionist, by looking at the essence of Zionism, what they are really doing is attacking the Jewish people. Rachael explains more.

Rachael responds to the recent story of a woman who was arrested for praying at the Western Wall because she was wearing a tallit. Rachael asks how we can speculate what a person’s intent is and what their rights are as a member of the Jewish community.

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This week, Rachael delves into a dilemma that she’s facing. To avoid gossiping, Rachael turns to her inner process and reassesses how she will problem solve.

Rachael explains the exciting story of an ancient woman who taught a great Torah scholar a lesson on how to study.

Now that the High Holidays are over we focus our attention to the beginning of the Torah as we begin again at Genesis; Creation, Adam & Eve and the Cain & Abel saga.

During the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, we’re told we should build a hut and dwell in it, and not recreate a past experience through stories like we’re told to do during other holidays. We experience our past by actually doing it.