Rabbi Roodyn attended City of London School for boys, is a graduate of Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh and the London School of Economics. He holds a Bsc (hons) in Government. He spent time learning the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem and received a broad Semicha from Rav Yitzchak Berkovits whose Kollel he attended for a number of years. He is currently the Educational Director of both Jewish Futures and Klal-Chazon. He is a member of the Federation Beis Din's ShailaText team. He was recently appointed Rabbi of Finchley Federation Synagogue, London. He is married to Yael and they live in Hendon, London with their eight children.
This week’s sedra contains the mitzvah of vidui maaser, where the farmer has to make a verbal declaration at the end of the Biblical tax year, that he has fulfilled his obligations in giving the various tithes to their intended recipients. At the end of this declaration he says that since we have met our … More Ki Savo – Money is, as money does.
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“If a bird’s nest chances before you on the road, on any tree, or on the ground, and [it contains] fledglings or eggs, if the mother is sitting upon the fledglings or upon the eggs, you shall not take the mother upon the young. You shall send away the mother, and [then] you may take … More Ki Seitzei – The Nesting Instinct
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Rav Hirsch challenges those who explain תקיעת כף as clapping of hands, but rather it means clasping hands. The act of shaking or holding someone else’s hand is a highly significant one. The hand is usually an instrument for acquiring items for making items. When we put our hand into the hand of another person, … More A Special Handshake
One of the signs of Churban on the Temple Mount today is the large number of trees that have been planted there. In fact, there are those who claim that this is done in order to aggravate the Jews who have a strict prohibition of planting trees on Har Habayis. Whether or not they … More Shoftim – A Tree Free Zone
כל העמים תקעו כף All peoples, clap hands; shout to G-d with a voice of praise Most translations follow the commentaries[1] who translated תקעו כף as the clapping of hands. Rashi however, says it is sound of those who gather together to serve Hashem with the voice of song. The Radak interprets this pasuk … More Clap Your Hands
This chapter of תהילים takes us to the essence of the message of Rosh Hashana and tekiyas shofar as it set in a world that is yet to be, the perfected world of the Messianic era , following the war of God and Magog[1] . This is the moment we have been waiting for, when … More The Song of Destiny
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