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What Are Your Values Worth? | Parsha with the Chief: Emor
Apr 29, 2026
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Work That Matters | Parsha with the Chief: Tzav
Mar 25, 2026
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THIS IS BIBLICAL: War with Iran
Mar 2, 2026
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Why God Judges Us | Rosh Hashanah with the Chief
Sep 19, 2025
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3 paths to self-awareness | Parsha with the Chief - Ki Tavo
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| 4/29/26 | ![]() What Are Your Values Worth? | Parsha with the Chief: Emor | We all have values. Family. Faith. Integrity. Honesty in business. Loyalty in marriage. We list them so easily it can feel like having them is settled. In this week's talk on the Parsha of Emor, the Chief Rabbi opens with a question that sounds simple. It turns out not to be: what is a value? We begin somewhere unexpected: economics. In economic terms, something is worth only what someone is prepared to pay for it. What does that say about the things we claim to value? Drawing on Pirkei Avot, the Sefer HaChinuch, and the structure of the mitzvah of Sefirat HaOmer, the Torah introduces a deeper question about value. One that is not so easily reduced to price. And leaves us with a question many would rather not answer. Key Questions Is a value still a value if you're not prepared to pay for it? Where does the very idea of intrinsic worth come from? Can a society have objective values without God? Why are the values we say we have so often the values we don't live? | — | ||||||
| 3/25/26 | ![]() Work That Matters | Parsha with the Chief: Tzav | Work is often measured in terms of employment and economic survival. To understand its deeper meaning is to begin seeing life itself in a different way. In this week's parsha, the Torah begins with a surprising image. A Kohen, dressed in sacred garments, performs what appears to be a simple cleaning task: removing the ashes from the altar. On the surface, this seems menial. Yet the Torah treats it as an act of holy service. Why? And why does Pirkei Avot teach us not merely to work, but to love work? Because the Torah's understanding of work is very different from the way we usually think about it. What looks ordinary actually carries a deeper purpose, and what feels like effort holds the key to something far greater. In this week's talk on the Parsha of Tzav, Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein explores this question through the deeper wisdom of the Torah and our sages. Key Questions Why does Pirkei Avot teach us not only to work, but to love work? What gives work its dignity - the task itself, or the purpose behind it? What does the Torah reveal about effort and the human condition? | — | ||||||
| 3/2/26 | ![]() THIS IS BIBLICAL: War with Iran | To view what is happening in Iran, merely in military and political terms would be a mistake. It is Biblical. This week, as Jews throughout the world prepare to read the Book of Esther, events of historic magnitude are unfolding in the very land once known as Persia. Iran and Israel stand in direct confrontation. The Middle East has been reshaped in ways few believed possible only months ago. The timing is striking. The geography is unmistakable. Two thousand four hundred years ago, from that same region, a decree emerged that threatened the existence of the Jewish people. Purim commemorates that moment. As the ancient words are read again this year, the question before us is not only what is happening in the Middle East, but whether we understand what we are witnessing. KEY QUESTIONS Are we witnessing a modern-day Purim? What does it mean when ancient patterns re-emerge in real time? Do we recognise hidden miracles while they are still unfolding? | — | ||||||
| 9/19/25 | ![]() Why God Judges Us | Rosh Hashanah with the Chief | As we approach Rosh Hashanah, the thought of being judged by God can feel unsettling. It brings discomfort. Even fear. But Divine judgment is actually one of the greatest gifts that Hashem gives us. Understanding why, reveals a perspective on Rosh Hashanah that turns everything we thought we knew, on its head. Drawing from Pirkei Avot and the deeper meaning of this Day of Judgment, Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein shows how being held accountable by God is the ultimate affirmation of human dignity and the purpose of life. The King of Kings created a day of judgement to help us, and gave us the idea of Divine accountability because every choice we make matters eternally. This Jewish New Year, as the season of the High Holidays begins, discover why Divine accountability transforms how we understand our worth and purpose. Key insights: Why being judged proves your infinite worth How Pirkei Avot reframes divine accountability What makes Rosh Hashanah different from human judgment Why mattering to God changes everything about how we live The connection between judgment, teshuva, and eternal significance? #RoshHashanah #HighHolidays #YomHadin #JewishNewYear #JewishWisdom | — | ||||||
| 9/10/25 | ![]() 3 paths to self-awareness | Parsha with the Chief - Ki Tavo | Self-awareness is the gateway to success. When we see ourselves clearly - strengths and weaknesses, victories and mistakes - we know where to double down, and where to improve. But how do we be objective about ourselves? Drawing on Pirkei Avot, with an illuminating idea in this week's parsha Ki Tavo, Chief Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein reveals three pathways to transcending our inherent subjectivity and achieving objective self-assessment. First, through genuine dialogue with others: learning to listen, respond appropriately, and admit ignorance when necessary. Second, through Torah study with others, which forces us to seek wisdom external to ourselves and develop the humility to receive criticism. Third, through cultivating awe of God and living with awareness that we will one day stand before Hashem and account for our actions, cutting through all rationalizations and self-deception. Key Insights: • Vidui (confession) includes declaring both our mistakes AND our successes — complete self-awareness requires knowing what we're doing right so we can amplify it. • Avot teaches us to avoid rationalising and spinning our own narrative when assessing ourselves • True dialogue requires listening before speaking, addressing points in order, and having the humility to say "I don't know." • Torah study with chavruta (study partners) naturally develops objectivity by forcing us to seek wisdom external to ourselves and receive input from others. • Living with yirat Hashem (awe of God) provides the ultimate objective perspective — imagining how our actions appear before the ultimate Judge who sees through all subjectivity. • The goal isn't perfection but rather developing— appropriate self-awareness in relation to others and to Hashem. #KiTavo #SelfAssessment #ObjectiveThinking #JewishWisdom #PirkeiAvot #TeshuvaTechniques #CharacterDevelopment #TorahLearning #SpiritualGrowth #YomKippurPreparation | — | ||||||
| 7/31/25 | ![]() Tisha B'Av and the Hidden Work of a Torah Jew | Why doesn't Pirkei Avot mention the prohibition against Lashon Hara? The ultimate guide to Jewish ethics never brings up one of our most discussed interpersonal laws. In this transformative Tisha B'Av teaching, Chief Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein reveals that this apparent oversight actually holds the key to understanding what Torah life is really about. In this shiur: The profound difference between avoiding sin and building spiritual greatness How the Chafetz Chaim's teachings connect to Pirkei Avot's deeper mission Why character development forms the invisible foundation of Torah observance The link between sinat chinam, the Temple's destruction, and our personal growth A practical approach to becoming someone who naturally lifts others up This goes far beyond improving our speech. Rabbi Goldstein shows how we can become fundamentally different people through the patient work of humility, inner refinement, and genuine concern for others. The lesson speaks directly to anyone wrestling with spiritual growth, students exploring mussar and Jewish ethics, those reflecting during the Three Weeks, or people curious about applying ancient wisdom to modern character challenges. The shiur offers something rare: a fresh perspective on familiar concepts that actually changes how you approach your own development. Instead of focusing on what not to do, it maps out who to become. Listen now and discover the inner work that transforms more than behavior. It transforms souls. Subscribe for Torah insights that challenge surface-level thinking and reveal the deeper currents of Jewish wisdom. | — | ||||||
| 5/26/25 | ![]() South Africa's cursed President in the White House | The Oval Office confrontation between President Ramaphosa and President Trump served to highlight the appalling failures of South Africa's ruling elite. In this powerful and painful video, Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein confronts the full moral weight of what that moment revealed — not just about political failure, but about human suffering. The murder epidemic in South Africa is not a white genocide, nor a black genocide. It is a human genocide. And it has unfolded, for three decades, under the leadership of a government that has failed in its most basic duty: to protect its people. With courage and clarity, the Chief Rabbi calls out the moral collapse of South Africa's ruling elite, the shocking Constitutional Court ruling on hate speech, the spiralling vigilantism and private security, and the haunting spiritual symmetry between Ramaphosa's global humiliation and the ANC's slander against Israel. This is not just a political video. It is a moral reckoning. #SouthAfrica #ChiefRabbiGoldstein #Ramaphosa #TrumpRamaphosa #WhiteHouse #KillTheBoer #SouthAfricaCrime #Genocide #Justice #HumanRights #MiddaKenegedMidda #Israel #TruthToPower | — | ||||||
| 5/23/25 | ![]() The Impermanence of Life | Parsha with the Chief | What does the fleeting nature of life teach us about gratitude, loss, and the search for purpose? This week's parsha, Behar-Bechukotai, contains a prophecy of exile and return. But beneath that national story lies a personal one. The story of the soul. Drawing on Pirkei Avot, the laws of shemittah and yovel, and powerful Torah insights, we explore a deeper understanding of exile — not just as historical punishment, but as a spiritual framework for human growth. Because we're not here forever. We are strangers and sojourners. But that doesn't make life meaningless. It makes it urgent, sacred, and full of potential. Listen now for a Torah perspective on struggle, impermanence, and redemption. #ParshaWithTheChief #ExileAndRedemption #TorahWisdom #JewishThought #SpiritualGrowth #Shemittah #PirkeiAvot #BeharBechukotai #LifePurpose #Teshuvah | — | ||||||
| 7/4/24 | ![]() Oct 7 massacres - shiur (Dated Oct 31, 2023) | No description provided. | — | ||||||
| 7/4/24 | ![]() Searching for meaning in a post-October 7 Pesach (Dated April 16, 2024) | Pesach is our moment to discover meaning in the utter bewilderment and shock that we as Jews have experienced since October 7. The barbaric attacks themselves. The Iranian bombardment. The massive surge in global antisemitism. Israel's ongoing demonization. The global obsession with the Jewish state. None of it makes rational sense. The very existence of the Jewish people is a mystery – we're the only nation in recorded history to have survived mass exile, been scattered to every corner of the globe, and then regrouped and returned to their ancestral homeland. The clue to solving these mysteries is a single astounding fact: it was all predicted. Everything we have witnessed in Jewish history – even as it defied all conventional laws of history – was actually foretold to us thousands of years before it happened. When we try to impose a rational explanation on our history – and on current events, October 7 and its aftermath – we get stuck. Because there is no rational explanation. Only a supernatural one. Foretold to Abraham, recorded in the Torah, imparted by our Prophets – and discussed at our seders for centuries. We all know the famous words of vehi sheamda in the Haggadah: "Not only one arose to destroy us, but in every generation they rise up to destroy us – and the Holy One Blessed Be He saves us from their hands." The message of the seder, and of vehi sheamda in particular, is that we are a miraculous people, born in Egyptian slavery and then liberated – amidst great miracles, signs and wonders – by God, Himself. Any attempt to process Jewish history and Jewish destiny through the normal laws of history and politics leads to nowhere. The Divine framework as set out in the Torah is the only way to make sense of our supernatural history. Within the texts of our Torah, we will find all the answers we seek. We'll understand the Divine meaning and purpose of Jewish identity, the essence of antisemitism, the terrible pain and miraculous triumphs of our remarkable history and our even more remarkable destiny. At our seder tables we remind ourselves, like all the Jews who came before us, that our history isn't haphazard. That there is a Divine plan. That the pain and the redemption, the suffering and the miracles, the persecution and the liberation, are bound up with our Divine destiny. Let this Pesach be a watershed moment for all of us. Let us rediscover the clarity, the understanding, the moral vision and spiritual memory we received from our Creator at Sinai – and that we need to navigate this post-October 7 world. | — | ||||||
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| 7/4/24 | ![]() My diplomatic mission to Israel (Dated Feb 20, 2024) | As chief rabbi of South Africa, I undertook a recent diplomatic mission to Israel amidst the hostility of the South African government and a breakdown in communications between the two countries. I met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and other senior government officials, assuring them of the support of the Jewish community and millions of non-Jews in South Africa. The purpose of my trip was to establish a strong, parallel diplomatic channel between the people of South Africa and the Jewish state. I conveyed a message to the government and the people of Israel on behalf of the South African Jewish community, as well as millions of our fellow citizens throughout the country. I told them that the African National Congress government does not speak in our name and we stand shoulder to shoulder with Israel in its battle against the forces of evil. When I met with President Herzog, Foreign Affairs Minister Yisrael Katz and Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli, I reassured them that despite the ANC government's morally repugnant support for Hamas and Iran, most South Africans have distanced themselves from the ANC's position. Millions of South African Christians pray for and support Israel. Israel has many allies and friends here in South Africa who are ashamed of their government's support for terrorist regimes and despots. Moreover, the ANC's support has sunk to 40% and is still falling. I sought to tell the government and people of Israel that the bond between the Jews of South Africa and Israel can never be broken, no matter what the ANC does. As Jews, we speak the name of Jerusalem at every funeral, saying a special blessing to mourners: "May the Almighty comfort you amongst all the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem." At every wedding, we recite the immortal verse, "If I ever forget thee, O Jerusalem." Three times a day in our prayers, we pray for the redemption of Israel and Jerusalem. When we pray, we face in the direction of Jerusalem. Zionism is an essential part of our Jewish identity. It's part of our soul. Our connection to Israel began almost 4,000 years ago when God spoke to Abraham at the dawn of Jewish history. As a nation, we have maintained an unbroken presence in the land for more than 3,300 years—since the time of Joshua. Our connection to our land is older than that of any people on earth. Our bond with Israel is unbreakable. Going forward, great efforts will be invested in building this informal diplomatic channel between Israel and South Africa until such time as a sound official diplomatic relationship can be re-established. I undertake this task for the sake of our Jewish community, but also for the sake of South Africa, which will only benefit from a closer bond with the only democracy in the Middle East. In numerous areas of life in which the South African government has failed its people, citizens have stood up and come forward to make a difference. Here, too, with the country's connection to Israel under threat, we must come forward, speak up and reinforce our connection with Israel. Those who can should visit to express solidarity. The current foreign policy of the ANC government, which associates our country with the world's worst terrorist states and tyrants, is not in the interests of the South African people. South Africa can benefit greatly from Israel's innovation, people, technology and economy. Most of all, it can benefit from the Divine blessings that flow into South Africa from Israel: The promise made to Abraham that those who bless Israel will be blessed. In our time, we have witnessed these Divine promises fulfilled. After 2,000 years of exile—no nation on earth has ever survived such a protracted exile—we returned to our biblical homeland. Just as promised in the book of Deuteronomy: "Then G-d will gather you in from all the nations. … If your dispersed will be at the ends of heaven, from there the L-rd your G-d will gather you in and from there He will take you … and bring you to the Land that your forefather possessed and you shall possess it." Our bond with Israel, forged in exile and sanctified by Divine promise, will never be broken. Am Yisrael Chai. | — | ||||||
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