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Parsha Ki Teitzei
Rabbi Miriam Lorie is joined by her friend Reveredn Catriona Laing and together they share their thoughts on Parshat Ki Teitzei in a 90-second video reflection.
Kehillat Nashira
Sep 5, 20251 min read


Parsha Vaetchanan
This week, Rabbi Miriam shares a 90-second video sermon on Parashat Vaetchanan. She reflects: "When life doesn't go the way we'd always...
Kehillat Nashira
Aug 8, 20251 min read


Parsha Pinchas
This week, Rabbi Miriam Lorie brings together Parshat Pinchas and Pride and Prejudice in a 90-second video reflection. She shares: "I...
Kehillat Nashira
Jul 18, 20251 min read


Parsha Chukat
This week’s video sermon invites us into a conversation between Rabbi Miriam and her friend and Yeshivat Maharat scholar, Sarah-Beth...
Kehillat Nashira
Jul 4, 20251 min read


Parsha Shelach Lecha
This week, Rabbi Miriam is in New York celebrating the ordination of a new cohort of female rabbis at Maharat. While there, she reunited...
Kehillat Nashira
Jun 19, 20251 min read


Parsha Nasso - video sermon
90 second sermons are back! This week, Rabbi Miriam brings us a dose of 'spiritual sunshine' from her rainy back garden, raincoat and...
Kehillat Nashira
Jun 6, 20251 min read


Pre-Pesach Chizzuk (encouragement) - video sermon
With Pesach just one week away, Rabbi Miriam offers a powerful pre-Pesach chizzuk (encouragement) in a recent Instagram reel. Drawing inspiration from Rabbi Soloveitchik, she reminds us that: 'there is no holiness without preparation,' She urges us to embrace the necessary work before the Seder. Watch below:
Kehillat Nashira
Apr 3, 20251 min read


Tu b'Shvat - video sermon
It's Tu b'Shvat tonight and tomorrow - watch below for more... "How to stay grounded (pun intended) in worrying, upsetting times? We've...
Kehillat Nashira
Feb 12, 20251 min read


Parsha Bo - video sermon
This week, Rabbi Miriam is joined by her friend, chevruta and therapist, Abi Symons. Watch along here: Rabbi Miriam explains further: "Bo...
Kehillat Nashira
Jan 30, 20252 min read


Parsha Va'era - video sermon
This week’s parsha, Va’era, invites us to reflect on the challenge of speaking up when it feels impossible. Rabbi Miriam Lorie, in her...
Kehillat Nashira
Jan 23, 20251 min read


Parasha Vayigash - video sermon
"It was sobering to meet the son of a hostage this Chanukah, and the niece of another. Their lives are suspended with worry and fear, and...
Kehillat Nashira
Jan 3, 20251 min read


Parsha Vayishlach - video sermon
A 90 second sermon for Vayishlach from Rabbi Miriam Lorie! In a tight spot as he approaches the potentially dangerous Esav, our ancestor...
Kehillat Nashira
Dec 12, 20241 min read


Parsha Vayetze - video sermon
This week Rabbi Miriam's video sermon is live from Frankfurt, Germany. "Hello from Frankfurt! Being in the home city of my great...
Kehillat Nashira
Dec 6, 20241 min read


Parsha Toldot - video sermon
The Torah is a book for grown ups. Just dig into the first few verses of our parasha, Toldot, and we find deep themes around infertility...
Kehillat Nashira
Nov 29, 20241 min read


Parsha Chayei Sarah - video sermon
"Bakol mikol kol" - "in everything, from everything, everything" It's more than just a catchy line in benching (grace after meals). As...
Kehillat Nashira
Nov 22, 20241 min read


Parsha Lech Lecha - video sermon
90 second musings on the week and the parasha on a grey old English afternoon with Hannah Gaventa. Before Avraham was "Avraham Avinu" he...
Kehillat Nashira
Nov 15, 20241 min read


Succot - video sermon
Sukkot, particularly in these cold climes, has always been about feeling the fragility of the bricks and mortar we usually shelter in....
Kehillat Nashira
Oct 16, 20241 min read


Parsha Ki Tavo - video sermon
Ki Tavo is the storytelling parasha. In it, we read that a farmer, flushed with pride at their new crops, is to bring the bikkurim, the...
Kehillat Nashira
Sep 20, 20241 min read


Parsha Ki Teitzei - 60 second video sermon
The Rambam, in his Laws of Repentance, says that Yom Kippur attones for sins between us and God, but that things that go wrong between...
Kehillat Nashira
Sep 13, 20241 min read


Rabbi Miriam's Elul thoughts
Today is the first day that we blow the shofar in the run-up to Rosh Hashana.
Kehillat Nashira
Sep 5, 20242 min read
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