Chief Rabbi of South Africa
Rabbi Warren Goldstein is the Chief Rabbi of South Africa, a role that has made him one of the more visible Jewish leaders of his generation. He is best known worldwide as the founder of The Shabbos Project, an initiative that began in South Africa and grew into a global effort inviting Jews of every background to keep one full Shabbos together. His talks here reflect that public, community-building work as much as classical Torah teaching.
That leadership shapes the character of his shiurim. Where many teachers speak to those already deep in learning, Rabbi Goldstein has spent his career addressing the whole community — the committed and the searching alike. His subjects, which include Shabbos, teshuva, Jewish philosophy and the festivals, tend to be framed for a wide audience and aimed at drawing people in rather than assuming they are already there.
The Shabbos Project and Jewish unity
Shabbos and achdus — Jewish unity — run through much of this collection. A talk simply titled "The Shabbos Project" speaks to the movement he founded, and "Jewish Unity as a Creative Process" treats unity not as a slogan but as something a community actively builds. A "Tu B'Av Together" talk on the theme of sharing fits the same vision: individual Jews and whole communities choosing, deliberately, to come together.
The Shabbos Project's genius was to make unity concrete. Rather than talking about togetherness in the abstract, it asked Jews everywhere to do the same thing, on the same weekend — to keep Shabbos side by side. Rabbi Goldstein's talks on these themes explain the thinking behind that approach, and why he sees shared observance and mutual responsibility as the practical path to the unity our tradition prizes so highly.
Teshuva, the Jewish woman, and communal moments
Other talks turn to personal and communal growth. "Jewish Women Today — A Call to Greatness," delivered at a Nexus opening event, and an address at the Johannesburg annual shemiras halashon event for women, both speak to the strength and role of Jewish women. These are not incidental appearances; they reflect a leader who invests in the parts of a community that carry its spiritual life forward.
The calendar's more solemn moments are here too. A Chazaq Tisha B'Av address from 2020 takes up the mourning of the churban, and his teaching on teshuva speaks to the season of return. Across these talks Rabbi Goldstein keeps to a consistent posture: meeting Jews wherever they are, on Shabbos, on Tisha B'Av, or at a communal gathering, and calling them toward greater observance, unity, and purpose.
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Key takeaways
- Rabbi Warren Goldstein is the Chief Rabbi of South Africa and founder of The Shabbos Project.
- The Shabbos Project turned Jewish unity into something concrete — Jews worldwide keeping one Shabbos together.
- Talks on the Jewish woman's role were delivered at Nexus and Johannesburg communal events.
- His subjects span Shabbos, teshuva, achdus, the festivals and Tisha B'Av, framed for a wide audience.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.