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Kehillat Nashira
Aug 3, 20231 min read
Eikev - 60 second video sermon
The Jewish week of love, book of love and parasha of love. I've always wondered what the shema means when it asks us to "love God with...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jul 27, 20231 min read
Va’etchanan - 60 second video sermon
This week Miriam Lorie is joined by her friend, Rabbi Joe Wolfson. Rabbi Joe Wolfson brings a beautiful Ramban on what it means to fo...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jul 6, 20231 min read
Pinchas - 60 second video sermon
The good kind of slippery slope? That's what this one is about. I can't tell you how many people I meet who say "I've checked out of...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jun 23, 20232 min read
Miriam's Thoughts From New York
Last week I had the good fortune to be in New York for the graduation of my 4th year colleagues - 6 newly minted women Rabbis! The...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jun 22, 20231 min read
Korach - 60 second video sermon
Ok so everyone is keen to point out why Korach is such a baddie in this week's parasha and don't get me wrong, I don't disagree. But...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jun 22, 20231 min read
Chukat - 60 second video sermon
It's in this week's parasha where a black hole of death takes place, unmentioned, eerily skipped. But I think there's a hint as to mass...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jun 15, 20232 min read
Study Torah L'Am online this summer!
The highly acclaimed Torah L'Am course, written by Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum, is on offer for you to learn online between June and...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jun 14, 20231 min read
Shlach Lecha - 60 second video sermon
This week Miriam is in Maharat, New York and is joined by her colleague, @sofia_freudenstein on her BIRTHDAY! Can they go from the...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jun 14, 20233 min read
Three great articles on the Halachic arguments surrounding Partnership Minyanim
These three articles provide a good starting point for an in depth halachic analysis of the arguments surrounding Partnership Minyanim:...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jun 7, 20231 min read
Bechaalotecha - 60 second video sermon
Content warning - suicide The Torah does not shy away from this heavy subject, nor does it minimise it or surround it with shame. On the...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jun 1, 20231 min read
Nasso - 60 second video sermon
Sending blessings - in contents as well as wishes - from the Lake District... #shabbatshalom #parasha #nasso #dvartorah
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Kehillat Nashira
May 17, 20231 min read
Bemidbar - 60 second video sermon
We're ALL counted so we ALL count! Err not quite. At least in this limited human world. Gratitude to the scholar and meditation leader...
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Kehillat Nashira
May 11, 20231 min read
Behar Bechukotai - 60 second video sermon
he Torah is a deep dark book. And I'm not making up the connection with the garden of Eden because one line in Bechukotai says that if we...
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Kehillat Nashira
May 4, 20231 min read
Emor - 60 second video sermon
What is the essence of Shabbat? How can we keep the spirit of Shabbat beyond the letter of the laws? And how does this effect this...
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Kehillat Nashira
Apr 27, 20231 min read
Achrei Mot - Kedoshim - 60 second video sermon
A topic close to my heart and that of @kehillat_nashira Until the work is done to heal some of the damage done over the years using the...
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Kehillat Nashira
Apr 20, 20231 min read
Tazria - 60 second video sermon
Imagine living in a world where your hidden actions were displayed for all to see. No thank you! But the more veiled world we live in...
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Kehillat Nashira
Apr 13, 20231 min read
Shmini - 60 second video sermon
It has been a difficult week for many of us. If anyone has been affected by recent awful events with what happened to the Dee family, and...
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Kehillat Nashira
Mar 30, 20231 min read
Tzav - 60 second video sermon
Leavened and unleaved bread in this week's Torah portion, on Pesach, and in within US! Indebted in these ideas to my teacher Rav Alex...
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Kehillat Nashira
Mar 17, 20231 min read
Vayakhel - 60 second video sermon
60 (yeh, ish) second sermon on this week's double parasha and how the exact same activity can feel very different when we apply a new...
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Kehillat Nashira
Mar 10, 20231 min read
Ki Tisa - 60 second video sermon
60 second sermon time (gah ok still 80 but who will begrudge Miriam 20 seconds more Torah?) #parasha #kitissa #goldencalf #Torah #idols #...
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