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Chaim Ingram

Chaim Ingram

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Korach and Moses – What sparked the sedition?

It should hit us like a thunderbolt! In the two great revolts of Bnei Yisrael against Moses’ and Aaron’s leadership, namely the golden-calf...

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Chaim Ingram

SHELACH LECHA: Dual Loyalties?

“How was life in the old country?” the sabra asked Yuri, a new immigrant to Israel from the old Soviet Union. “I couldn’t complain,” came...

11.06.2026 40

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Chaim Ingram

Why is Moses called Ne’eman

Why is Moses called (Num 12:7) “the ne’eman (faithful one)”? And what is the difference between his visions and those of other prophets? Our...

04.06.2026 50

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Chaim Ingram

ACUTE ANGLES: Trump’s Historic Shabbat Proclamation

Rabbi Ingram, shalom.  President Trump’s proclamation endorsing Shabbat appears to have divided the Jewish community in the USA. How can there be...

27.05.2026 60

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Chaim Ingram

Locking in to our collective long-term memory

To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heavens. G-D has made everything beautiful in its time.  (Kohelet 3:1. 3:11)....

19.05.2026 50

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Chaim Ingram

The Nature of Rabbinic Authority: Part Three

Part 3:  Rabbis and the Community Today – Plus ca change …? In his Introduction to the Book of Ezekiel in The Living Nach, Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan...

13.05.2026 50

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Chaim Ingram

The Nature of Rabbinic law: Part Two

G-D vs the Rabbis: Who’s right? Who wins? Sefer Devarim, perorated by Moses by Divine inspiration and comprising the final book of the Torah by...

06.05.2026 60

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Chaim Ingram

The Nature of Rabbinic Authority – 1

When the nation of Israel is worthy, it rises higher than the stars of heaven – but when it falls, it resembles the sand  which everyone tramples...

01.05.2026 60

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Chaim Ingram

ACUTE ANGLES: Does It Matter How The Chazan Davens?

Hi Rabbi Ingram.  You knew me back in the day when I was fit as a fiddle!  Now I have severe arthritis and can’t manage the distance to my own...

23.04.2026 60

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Chaim Ingram

Acute Angles: I badmouthed my rabbi – do I need to ask his forgiveness?

Dear Rabbi Ingram.  I spoke lashon ha-ra  to a friend about my rabbi about two months ago. I don’t know what got into me as I like my rabbi and he...

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Chaim Ingram

ARE WE READY? A Pesach Message for 5786

They baked the dough that they took out of Egypt into unleavened cakes, for they could not be leavened, for they were thrust out of Egypt and could...

25.03.2026 80

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Chaim Ingram

Bread and Salt – Substance and Flavor

“Do not let the salt of G-D’s covenant be lacking …. with all your offerings, bring salt” (Lev. 2:13). Our present-day custom of sprinkling a...

18.03.2026 90

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A time for war – and a time to embrace

We are living in historic times! Who among us can have failed last week to recognise the stark truth of Ramban’s famous saying ma’aseh avot siman...

12.03.2026 90

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Chaim Ingram

TETSAVEH: To Dress Up — Or to Dress Down

One of those curious ‘coincidences’ of our calendar is that Purim, the festival where vesture plays such a prominent role, is usually enwrapped by...

25.02.2026 100

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Chaim Ingram

ACUTE ANGLES What is Jewish About the “Jewish Council of Australia”

Dear Rabbi.  I constantly read and hear pronouncements from the so-called Jewish Council of Australia and I wonder: What is Jewish about them? ...

19.02.2026 100

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Chaim Ingram

ACUTE ANGLES Halachic Uniformity or Diversity – Which Is The Ideal?

11.02.2026 80

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Chaim Ingram

A Turn-Up: For The Books!

11.12.2025 100

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Chaim Ingram

TESHUVA – A Concept the World Struggles to Grasp

25.09.2025 100

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Chaim Ingram

THRUST AND TRUST An Essay for Parshat Chukkat

04.07.2025 100

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Chaim Ingram