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The Future of our Jewish Communities – Jewish Memory
- Wellington Jewish Community Centre
- “Any Jewish community that has a museum attached to it, I am worried about their future”. This is a quote from the Director of the...
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Letter for Employers in NZ: Leave for Jewish Holidays (Yom Tov) in 2022.
- Wellington Jewish Community Centre
- Shalom to our wonderful Kehilla! Please find the attached letter for all Jewish employees in Wellington and around New Zealand, who wish...
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Changing a Company's Culture with Modesty
- Wellington Jewish Community Centre
- Companies and organizations all want to build a winning culture to ensure success. There are many ways to create a successful culture,...
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Yardena Tal - The Meaning Behind the Name: Crossing the Jordan River in your life!
- Wellington Jewish Community Centre
- Yardena Tal - Why We Chose her name Rabbi Ariel Tal Some people ask me why I chose to have more kids? Is it because I love kids. No, I...
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The secret to God's mercy
- Wellington Jewish Community Centre
- We are entering the day of Judgment for the world in less than 12 days. Rosh Hashana is the day the world is judged and our fate for the...
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The three weeks of ‘what if?’
- Wellington Jewish Community Centre
- Today is the 17th of Tammuz, a fast day that begins the period known as the three weeks. During these three weeks we observe varying...
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Battling one’s inner demons
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- Battling one’s inner demons Everyone has them, those inner demons that are always complaining, criticizing, predicting defeat and doom. I...
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When a Tzaddik passes away
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- Despair is not a Jewish concept. Our national anthem is called Hatikva (hope) as a nation of tremendous loss, here for thousands of years...
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The body and the soul connection
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- Ever have a concept or value that you believe and want cognitively and then when it comes to action, you are unable to put it into...
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Turning on Gratitude
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- Turning on Gratitude According to many studies, it is easier to be unhappy that to be happy. It is easier to complain than to express...
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The power of fences
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- Fences and Judaism: Protecting that which is precious I was watching a fence get put up recently. It got me thinking, What does the Torah...
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A Tribute to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l - The Global Rabbi
- Wellington Jewish Community Centre
- This week was a very sad week for Jewish communities around the globe, hearing the news of the passing of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z”l,...
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Acting with Integrity
- Wellington Jewish Community Centre
- When Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks of blessed memory was here in New Zealand, we had the tremendous opportunity to host him at the WJCC. He...
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It is all how you look at it
- Wellington Jewish Community Centre
- To put oneself out there to love, to open ones heart is to risk loss. Without the heart wide open, one cannot truly love Life is a lens....
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Kol Nidrei Appeal 5781 - "all of Israel sitting together in a single sukkah?"
- Wellington Jewish Community Centre
- Transcript of the Kol Nidrei appeal delivered on Yom Kippur 5781 at Beth El Synagogue, Wellington Jewish Community Centre
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Sukkot, the Unifying Booth
- Wellington Jewish Community Centre
- And Israel shall dwell in the sukkah The verse speaks about one sukkah. There are no mistakes in a text written by the Creator of the...
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How to Achieve Growth in Judaism: A Yom Kippur Message 5781
- Wellington Jewish Community Centre
- This is a written version of the Drasha that I gave to the WJCC Kehilla on Yom Kippur, before Mussaf. In today’s Drasha, this Yom Kippur,...
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Teshuva: Why do we avoid it?
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- Teshuva: The Ultimate Delete Button, with Conditions That is exactly how the Rambam describes teshuva working: Teshuva occurs when one...
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Forgiveness: Why You Should Always Forgive. An Interview with Nathan Phillips
- Wellington Jewish Community Centre
- Forgiveness is the key to Teshuva on Rosh Hashanah, and in our daily lives.
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When we struggle
- Wellington Jewish Community Centre
- Getting up As King Solomon said, “A righteous person falls seven times and gets up” (Proverbs, 24:16). 7 is not an actual number. 7 just...
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