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About the Author
Rabbi Shaul Rosenblatt
Shaul Rosenblatt grew up in Liverpool. He studied for his smicha at Aish Hatorah in Jerusalem where he met his first wife Elana a"h who passed away in 2001 after a long struggle with cancer. They had four children together and Shaul has a further four with his second wife Chana, who he married in 2003. Shaul is the author of Finding Light in the Darkness, published by Targum Press, about facing life challenges with strength and faith. Shaul founded Aish UK in 1993 and Tikun UK in 2006. Tikun is based in London and focuses on teaching personal wellbeing and meaningful Judaism. Tikun.co.uk. Shaul enjoys almost everything in life.
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The Yes Man
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattNo one in the entire Torah is introduced with such glowing accolades as is Noah. He is a "man," he is righteous, he is pure and he walks ...
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Very Good
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattOn each day of creation, God looked at his world and said that it is "good." On the sixth day, however, He looked at His world and said ...
Direct Line
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattThe Torah does not tell us where Moses is buried. A number of explanations are offered for this, but one stands out for me. Moses, great as he was, ...
Staying Afloat
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattThis week's portion says that the Jewish people "became fat and kicked out" - i.e. rebelled against God. It is symptomatic of human ...
The Jewish Meritocracy
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattIn this week's portion, Moses passes the mantle of leadership to Joshua. It's a shame that Korach is not alive to see this. His rebellion in the ...
Seeing the Reality
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattIn this portion, Moses makes an amazing statement: "And now, Israel, what does God ask from you other than to fear Him..." (Deut. ...
Spiritual Entropy
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattThe second law of thermodynamics says that "...the world acts spontaneously to minimize potentials..." This universe is constantly moving ...
World Without Consequences
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattRichard Dawkins, the evolutionary biologist, labels the God of the Old Testament, "the most unpleasant character in all of fiction," a ...
Sidestepping Your Desires
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattThis week's portion contains a law that, on the surface, is challenging to understand: If a soldier has a passion for a woman in the midst of ...
The Greatness of Humility
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattThis week's portion says that a Jewish king is commanded to write for himself a Torah scroll and to carry it with him at all times (Deut. 17:18-20). ...
Giving It Away
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattThis week's portion alludes to the Jewish idea of giving minimally 10% of one's net income to charity (Deut. 14:22). Twenty percent is the more ...
Do Not Covet
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattEveryone knows that one of the Ten Commandments is "Do not covet" (Deut. 5:18). However, most people do not know how this works. What is ...
Something To Cry About
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattThis week's portion recalls how the Jewish people cried when the 12 spies returned from scouting the Land of Israel (Deut. 1:45). They cried out of ...
Appreciating Our Challenges
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattThis parsha recaps the journeys of the Jewish people in the desert. There is nothing we do not already know, and so Rashi, the preeminent Torah ...
Doing Good and Being Good
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattWhen the Jewish people are given the command to attack the Midianites, no mention is made of the Moabites who were their partners in crime. Just to ...
Credibility and Respect
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattIn this week's Torah portion, Moses speaks about the laws of inheritance vis-a-vis the future apportionment of the Land of Israel. Five sisters - ...
The Jewish Home
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattIn this week's Torah portion, Bilaam's great praise for the Jewish people is found in the famous words that begin our daily prayers and that every ...
Moses' Mistake
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattThe story of Moses striking the rock is only a short seven verses of the Torah. And yet it is one of the most well-known stories of all. (Try it ...
All In the Same Boat
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattIn praying to God on behalf of the Jewish people, Moses asks how it can be that one man (Korach) transgresses and God becomes upset with the entire ...
The See-Food Diet
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattI remember many years ago, as a little boy, watching our dog, Krishna, as he wolfed down his Pedigree Chum dog food. I was impressed by how excited ...
Creating Independence
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattWhen Aaron is told to light the Menorah in the Temple, the Torah uses an unusual word - Behalot'cha - which is actually the name of this week's ...
The Spiritual Fence
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattIn this week's portion, we learn about a person who takes a Nazirite vow, committing to abstain from wine. The Torah does not recommend this. ...
An Only Child
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattI once had a guest for Shabbat who had 18 brothers and sisters. Nowadays, with my wife coming from a family of 12 children, it's not as big a deal ...
Walking the Walk
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattThis week's portion begins, "If you will walk with My statutes." This is a strange turn of phrase - walk with my statutes. I could ...
Listen To The Land
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattThis week's portion speaks about land and its ownership. Which reminds me of a beautiful story: Two wealthy Jewish men lived in a town in Eastern ...
Shabbat Reality
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattThis week's portion speaks about the prohibition against "work" on Shabbat. People usually think of the idea of a Sabbath as an ...
Hurting in Your Heart
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattWe find an interesting mitzvah in this week's portion: "Don't hate your brother in your heart" (Leviticus 19:17). The Sages ask the ...
Holy Desires
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattThis week's portion presents an interesting combination of themes: the service in the Temple on the holiest day of the year, Yom Kippur, and the ...
Cutting to the Core
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattFollowing on from last week's portion, this week continues with the consequences of negative speech, loshon hara. "Sticks and stones will ...
Murderous Speech
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattIs speaking negatively about others possibly worse than killing them?
Life Control
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattFood plays a major role in Jewish life. Imagine a wedding or bar mitzvah without food. It would be like a pub with no alcohol. What would be the ...
True Value
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattOne of the commandments in this week's Torah portion is to remove the ashes from the Altar. Certain parts of the sacrifices were burned and the ...
Waking Up
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattOne of the offerings on display in this week's portion is a "transgression offering," or chatat in Hebrew. A chatat is brought when a ...
Honoring Money
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattAt this time of year, we read a special Torah potion (for the Maftir reading) called Parshat Shekalim. This discusses the census that would happen ...
Why Do It?
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattThis week's Torah portion begins with a few verses about Shabbat, and then the entire remainder deals with the building of the Tabernacle. From this ...
Communal Influence
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattThe transgression of the Golden Calf is probably the single greatest mistake in Jewish history. But if we take a closer look, it doesn't seem all ...
Looking Good
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattIn the Holy Temple, the clothes worn by the kohanim (priests) were a simple affair - robe, pants, hat and belt. All of them completely white. That ...
The Charity Solution
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattA poor man once came to my house, and my first wife (a"h) answered the door. She was very suspicious of the story he told, but at the same ...
Doctor of Doctors
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattThe Torah lists five categories of damages that one pays for personal injury, and one of these is medical bills. The Sages cite this verse as ...
Being, Being, Being
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattIt often comes as a surprise to people to find out that Shabbat is one of the Ten Commandments. People understand that to murder, theft, adultery ...
Emotional Slaves
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattThe Egyptian army that chased the Jewish people was a pale shadow of the formidable juggernaut that it had been a year earlier. The world's ...
Let My People Go
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattBack in the 1980s, the tag-line for the campaign to free Soviet Jewry came from this week's Torah portion: "Let My people go," Moses said ...
Stop the Craziness
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattIt is quite unbelievable that Pharaoh can fail to learn over and over again. Every time, at the height of the plague, he sees his mistake, and ...
Immediate Goodness
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattIn this week's parsha, Moses flees to Midian, where two sons are born to him and Tzipporah. But the sons seem to be named in the wrong order. His ...
Out Into The World
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattThe message of this week's Torah portion is immediately evident from its name -- vayetzei, "and he went out." Jacob goes out to the world. ...
The End of Days
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattJacob, on his deathbed, tells his sons that he is going to reveal how and when the Messiah will come. All wait with bated breath to hear him reveal ...
The True Challenge of Giving
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattJoseph is the only biblical figure referred to specifically as "haTzaddik" -- "the righteous one." We know that the Bible is ...
From Rags to Riches
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattJoseph was sold as a slave. His employer's wife tried to seduce him, but he withstood her advances. His reward for doing so? He was thrown into the ...
Life Is a Struggle
by Rabbi Shaul RosenblattThe Sages ask: Why did Jacob deserve that Joseph, his favorite son, get sold as a slave to Egypt? They discover the answer in the name of this ...
