Save the date - Miriam's Semicha
In less than three weeks, on June 3, our very own Miriam Lorie will be receiving Semicha (qualifying as a rabbi). Take a look at the...
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Kehillat Nashira
- May 17
- 1 min
Emor - 60 second video sermon
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...
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Kehillat Nashira
- May 10
- 1 min
Kedoshim - video sermon
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...
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Kehillat Nashira
- May 3
- 1 min
Acharei - video sermon
I feel very fortunate to live in a country where people can speak freely and love having the opportunity to contribute to the diversity...
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miriamlorie
- Apr 17
- 7 min
A Pesach message from Miriam
Dear all, As we prepare for Pesach - cooking, cleaning, packing or learning - we usually look to imbue all the work with meaning. How can...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Apr 12
- 5 min
Tazria - How to become an ex-leper
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,...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Apr 11
- 1 min
Tazria - video sermon
There's no sin in childbirth, so why does the Torah say a woman brings a sin offering after birth? I think there's something else going...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Apr 9
- 2 min
Pause for thought - "Music will continue to work it's magic"
I’d like to tell you about Benny and Jack, two men in their 80s who I’ve got to know through my hospital chaplaincy. Benny is an orthodox...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Apr 9
- 4 min
Collect CRP points with Kehillat Nashira
The window for collecting Certificate of Religious Practice (CRP) points for admission into Jewish schools opened on 5th April 2024. If...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Apr 5
- 1 min
Shmini - video sermon
There are many theories why Nadav and Avihu bring a "foreign fire that was not commanded" which led to their deaths - they were drunk,...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Apr 4
- 1 min
Purim 2024 with Kehillat Nashira
Thank you so much to everyone who joined us to celebrate Purim together - we hope you had as much fun as we did! Click below to watch a...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Mar 28
- 1 min
Tzav - 60 second video sermon
Yesterday I sat my final rabbinical exam in the laws of Jewish mourning, Aveilut. So it felt apt to find something in this week's...
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miriamlorie
- Mar 21
- 2 min
A Purim message from Miriam
Purim this year is different. Our last festival together was Simchat Torah, which, like Purim, is supposed to be celebrated with...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Mar 21
- 1 min
Video Purim sermon
Why does the megilla start with Vashti? First of all, Vashti gets a bad rap, mainly thanks to a set of Babylonian midrash that many of us...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Mar 15
- 1 min
Pekudei - 60 second video sermon
We're often told that the Mishkan (portable desert temple) was built exactly to God's instructions, with the repeating words "kaasher...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Mar 11
- 3 min
Partnership Minyan Symposium 2024
Last Sunday, over 60 people gathered to celebrate 10 years of Partnership Minyanim in the UK and to plan their future!  Hosted jointly...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Mar 8
- 1 min
Vayakhel - 60 second sermon
Mirror mirror on the wall... in our parasha, Vayakhel, Moshe attempts to refuse the gift of mirrors to the Mishkan on the basis that...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Mar 5
- 3 min
Partnership Minyan Symposium
Last Sunday evening, we were honoured to host our presenters, R.Rahel Berkovits, Dr. Lea Taragin-Zeller, Dr. Miri Freud-Kandel, Rabba Dr....
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Kehillat Nashira
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Parasha Ki Tisa - 60 second video sermon
Can a relationship ever heal from betrayal and infidelity? Well, you should absolutely read "The State of Affairs" by the phenomenal...
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Kehillat Nashira
- Feb 28
- 3 min
The remarkable History of Kehilat Nashira's Sefer Torah
Manele Spielman was a man who rescued a Sefer Torah on the first night of Kristallnacht. In November 1938, the air was increasingly...
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