24 Elul 5780

Dear Members of our Melbourne Jewish Community,

One of the central features of Rosh Hashanah is the blowing of the Shofar.

Synagogues around the world will be filled with people eagerly awaiting the 100 blasts, just as it has been in Melbourne since the fir...

30 Av 5780

Dear Community, 

As we commence the month of Elul, the most common question being posed to Rabbis and Rebbetzins is, “What will happen for Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur this year?”. From both a Halachic and emotional perspective, there is understandable uncertai...

6 Nissan 5780

Following the Government’s Guidelines

There are many difficulties and hardships we are all currently facing. Of those, there are significant challenges in regard to the physical distancing rules. However, the distancing and quarantining measures are vital i...

5 Nissan 5780

Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) Statement on the current COVID 19 situation

During these challenging times and having regard to the most recent announcement of the Prime Minister dated 29/03/2020 we wish to reiterate a number of core priorities and to...

24 Adar 5780

!לא תעמוד על דם רעך

If you have travelled from overseas stay home!

We are distressed and concerned by reports that many young people returning from overseas to our community have not been following the Australian Government announcement requiring them to self...

Dear Friends

This is time of great challenge and anxiety across the world.  With newly reported cases of coronavirus in our Melbourne community, there are a number of guidelines with regards to shule and simcha gatherings that have been developed by the RCV, Melbourne B...

On February 7th-8th, the Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) once again participated in the 2nd annual global ShabbaTTogether highlighting Disability Inclusion and Mental Health and Wellness in our community. 

ShabbaTTogether is a global weekend of disability Inclusion...