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Today is the first day that we blow the shofar in the run-up to Rosh Hashana.
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Kehillat Nashira
- Aug 22
- 2 min
Parsha Ekev - video sermon
All the feels in a field... So much of our lives are dedicated to finding comfort and ease, but the Torah has great wisdom in this week's...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Aug 13
- 1 min
Tisha b'Av thoughts
Click below to watch Rabbi Miriam's thoughts at the end of Tisha b'Av. Are you reading this at the end of Tisha b'Av? Get up! And I don't...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Jul 26
- 1 min
Parsha Pinchas - video sermon
The gap between what is and what should be... that seems to be the stuff of the world right now. But so it ever was as we see in this...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Jul 19
- 1 min
Parsha Balak - video sermon
In couples therapy, a method of bridging divides is to get each individual to articulate the perspective of the other, even using the...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Jul 16
- 1 min
Introducing Hannah Trup - Kehillat Nashira trustee
This week, Hannah Trup joined the Kehillat Nashira trustee body. We are thrilled to have her on board. "We moved to the area two years...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Jul 15
- 4 min
Dvar Torah – Chukat – Moshe striking the rock
Written by Rachel Harris Delivered Shabbat 13th July 2024 Shabbat Shalom The story I read today is a famous one – the Israelites in the...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Jul 11
- 1 min
Chukat - video sermon
Some Torah I learnt from a beloved teacher, Maureen Kendler z"l. The phrase "striking up a conversation" is resonant in this parasha, as...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Jul 5
- 2 min
Rabbi Miriam's Semicha celebrations
Last Sunday, we celebrated Rabbi Miriam receiving her semicha (rabbinic ordination). This historic milestone marks Kehillat Nashira as...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Jul 4
- 1 min
Korach - video sermon
When a Rabbi and Rabbinical student go on holiday they speak about... exactly what you'd expect them to speak about! So great to share...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Jul 4
- 2 min
The Future of Kehillat Nashira
The Future of Kehillat Nashira All donations matched up to £30,000! As we celebrate Rabbi Miriam Lorie receiving semicha we have the...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Jun 27
- 1 min
Shlach - 60 second video sermon
What should have been a 2-week walk from Egypt to freedom in the Promised Land (I calculated it on Google Maps) turns out to be a 40-year...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Jun 21
- 1 min
Behaalotecha - 60 second video sermon
The desert grumbling intensifies in this week's Parasha, Behaalotecha. It has always astonished me that our memory of a difficult past...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Jun 7
- 1 min
Bemidbar - 60 second video sermon
"I've been through the desert on a horse with no name... in the desert, you can't remember your name" Singer, Dewey Bunell, wrote these...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Jun 7
- 1 min
In the News - Another step forward for Orthodox female rabbis
Simon Rocker, from The Jewish Chronicle, this week focused on Miriam Lorie's Semicha (rabbinic ordination). He describes the graduation...
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Kehillat Nashira
- May 31
- 1 min
"Why do we record the opinion of the single person among the many when halacha must be in accordance with the majority?" - 60 second video sermon
Sharing some Torah from my final exam day! Why does our halakhic tradition preserve the individual, dissenting, and rejected opinions? So...
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Kehillat Nashira
- May 24
- 1 min
Behar - 60 second video sermon
"Proclaim liberty in the land" says this week's parasha, Behar. We need liberty and release more than ever in this hurting world. I'm...
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Kehillat Nashira
- May 23
- 2 min
BBC Radio 2 - Pause for Thought - "Choose to see the things that are improving"
Zoe, it’s finally here! On Monday we’re flying to New York, and a week later, in a beautiful ceremony there surrounded by family and...
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Kehillat Nashira
- May 22
- 3 min
UK's first Orthodox female congregation rabbi - Rabbi Miriam Lorie
Our very own, Miriam Lorie, set to become Rabbi Lorie when she receives semicha in New York in just a few days time. This has been...
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