90 second musings on the week and the parasha on a grey old English afternoon with Hannah Gaventa. Before Avraham was "Avraham Avinu" he...

Sukkot, particularly in these cold climes, has always been about feeling the fragility of the bricks and mortar we usually shelter in....

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...

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...

Today is the first day that we blow the shofar in the run-up to Rosh Hashana.

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...

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...

In couples therapy, a method of bridging divides is to get each individual to articulate the perspective of the other, even using the...

Written by Rachel Harris Delivered Shabbat 13th July 2024 Shabbat Shalom The story I read today is a famous one – the Israelites in the...

Some Torah I learnt from a beloved teacher, Maureen Kendler z"l. The phrase "striking up a conversation" is resonant in this parasha, as...

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...

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...

The desert grumbling intensifies in this week's Parasha, Behaalotecha. It has always astonished me that our memory of a difficult past...

"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...

Sharing some Torah from my final exam day! Why does our halakhic tradition preserve the individual, dissenting, and rejected opinions? So...

"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...

One of my favourite mantras when a Torah parasha is challenging is: "the Torah is the first word, not the last word." This week's...

I love the Gemara's idea that "placing a stumbling block before the blind" could look like inciting anger in another - riling them up so...

I feel very fortunate to live in a country where people can speak freely and love having the opportunity to contribute to the diversity...

The legendary comedy troupe Monty Python (who I am proud to call fellow Brits), in their take on Second Temple life in The Life of Brian,...