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Parashah of the week: Acharei Mot-Kedoshim

“You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy” Leviticus 19:2

By Rabbi Miriam Lorie

1 min read

The Drunkards by Paul Cezanne - Nachmanides warned against excessive behaviour even when not prohibited by the Torah (Wikimedia Commons)

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Shabbat times from May 9 to May 16

By The JC

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Israel

Blood money or vital aid? How rabbis wrestled with German reparations

By Rabbi Gideon Sylvester

3 min read

Humanistic Judaism

The alternative siddur for ‘God-optional’ services

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Tazria-Metzora

“Then they said to one another, ‘We are not doing right. This is a day of good news, and we are keeping silent! … Come, let us go and inform the king’s palace” 2 Kings 7:9

By Rabbi Dr Harris Bor

1 min read

Lepers outside the camp (A Dictionary of the Bible, Philip Schaff, 1887/Wikimedia Commons)

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Shemini

“Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his fire pan, put fire in it, and laid incense on it; and they offered before the Eternal strange fire, which God had not commanded them” Leviticus 10:1

By Rabbi Natasha Mann

1 min read

Sidrah

Parashah: Seventh Day Pesach

“Hashem caused the sea to go back with a strong east wind all that night” Exodus 14:21

By Rabbi Benjy Morgan

1 min read

Sidrah

“Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram’s head, and it was slaughtered. Moses took some of its blood and put it on Aaron’s right ear-lobe, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.” Leviticus 8:22-23

By Rabbi Paul Freedman

1 min read

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Parashah of the week: Vayikra

“When a person commits a trespass, being unwittingly remiss about any of God’s sacred things: They shall bring as a penalty to God a ram without blemish from the flock” Leviticus 5:15

By Rabbi Miriam Lorie

1 min read

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Parashah of the week: Pekudei

“The stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel: twelve, corresponding to their names; engraved like seals, each with its name, for the twelve tribes” Exodus 39:14

By Rabbi Dr Harris Bor

1 min read

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Vayakhel

“And everyone who excelled in ability and everyone whose spirit was moved came, bringing to the Lord an offering for the labour of the Tent of Meeting and for all its service and for the sacral vestments” Exodus 35:21

By Rabbi Natasha Mann

1 min read

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Parashah of the week: Acharei Mot-Kedoshim

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