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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...

Divrei Torah - 60 second video

Kehillat Nashira

May 3, 20241 min read

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...

miriamlorie

Apr 17, 20247 min read

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,...

Divrei Torah

Kehillat Nashira

Apr 12, 20245 min read

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...

Divrei Torah

Kehillat Nashira

Apr 11, 20241 min read

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...

In the Media

Kehillat Nashira

Apr 9, 20242 min read

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...

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,...

Divrei Torah

Kehillat Nashira

Apr 5, 20241 min read

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...

Kehillat Nashira

Apr 4, 20241 min read

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...

Divrei Torah

Kehillat Nashira

Mar 28, 20241 min read

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...

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...

Divrei Torah

Kehillat Nashira

Mar 21, 20241 min read

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...

Divrei Torah

Kehillat Nashira

Mar 15, 20241 min read

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...

10 years of Kehillat Nashira

Kehillat Nashira

Mar 11, 20243 min read

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...

Divrei Torah

Kehillat Nashira

Mar 8, 20241 min read

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....

Reading Lists

Kehillat Nashira

Mar 5, 20243 min read

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...

Divrei Torah

Kehillat Nashira

Mar 1, 20241 min read

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...

10 years of Kehillat Nashira

Kehillat Nashira

Feb 28, 20243 min read

Parsha Tetzaveh - 60 second video sermon

It's a little hard to relate to these parshiot which describe the Mishkan creation in great detail. But the Yom Kippur song Mareh Cohen...

Divrei Torah

Kehillat Nashira

Feb 23, 20241 min read

10 years of Kehillat Nashira with Amy and Jason Braier

Our next installment of our series of interviews with members is with Amy and Jason Braier, read their words as they reflect on a decade...

10 years of Kehillat Nashira

Kehillat Nashira

Feb 20, 20241 min read

Parsha Teruma - 60 second video sermon

Happy rainbow unicorns, it turns out, are not an invention of the last five years, or even a medieval invention as Wikipedia would have...

Divrei Torah

Kehillat Nashira

Feb 15, 20241 min read