Sale of Chametz forms available with the newsletter and here. Please complete and send to Dayan Binstock as soon as possible. The Kelim Mikva is not in use. If you have new items for Pesach, please contact Dayan Binstock who will explain what you can do. The Search for Chametz takes place on Tuesday evening,...
A message to my good friends at St Johns Wood by Rabbi Yisroel Fine As the coronavirus has taken its grip worldwide, a welcome biproduct has been a drastic reduction in the air pollution of our major cities. Pollution in all its forms has eroded the life quality of modern man. We no longer breathe...
ACCEPTING A CALLING And He called to Moses…. [Vayika 1:1] On only three occasions does the Torah speak of a ‘call’ to Moses and each involves a summons to perform a momentous act. The first call came at the burning bush. Moses is shepherding the flocks of his father-in-law, Jethro, and he and he alights...
A message to my dear friends at St John’s Wood From Rabbi Yisroel Fine There cannot have been many times in our history when we have voluntarily closed the doors of our shuls. We have suffered the destruction of our shuls through pogroms and persecution, but in living memory we probably have to go back...
MIND THE GAP! Margaret MacMillan, in her book History’s People, contrasts the role some individuals can play in shaping history and others being swept up in the forces that are prevailing. There is no doubt that Moses was one of the most influential people in history. A tantalising question is how important was the role...
