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Acharie Mot – Kedoshim
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Acharie Mot – Kedoshim

BIODIVERSITY An incoming EU law plans to ban the sale of products made or based on land that was deforested. Whilst this law wouldn’t apply to the UK, because of Brexit, it shows how seriously many governments are taking the challenge of biodiversity loss. Hundreds of thousands of different species of animals and plants are facing...

Tazria-Metzora – Shabbat Rosh Chodesh
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Tazria-Metzora – Shabbat Rosh Chodesh

WORDS AT THE WALL This Shabbat is Rosh Chodesh Iyar. During the course of this month, we will celebrate Israel’s 75th anniversary of independence and Jerusalem’s 56th anniversary of reunification. As well as being momentous occasions of celebration and thanksgiving, these days have given rise to wonderful Jewish music. A prime example is the song,...

Shemini – Shabbat Mevarchim
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Shemini – Shabbat Mevarchim

THE EIGHTH DAY Our parasha this week, Shemini, “the eighth day”, describes a stark scene. A community enjoying the simcha of the dedication of the Tabernacle, is suddenly plunged into tragedy with the death of Aaron’s elder two sons, Nadav and Avihu. Our Jewish world, likewise, in the midst of its Pesach celebration has been...

PESACH
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PESACH

PESACH THOUGHTS “And G-d will pass over the opening” (Exodus 12:23) We are told in the Haggadah that in every generation we should try and picture ourselves as if we are leaving Egypt. The Chassidic writers point out that this is not simply an exercise in imagination.  We too, can benefit, in some ways, from...

TZAV – SHABBAT HAGADOL
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TZAV – SHABBAT HAGADOL

ETERNAL FIRE It was the vision of a Burning Bush that did not go out that first drew Moses to the mountain. G-d gave him his mission to ignite a flame in the Jewish people and take them out of slavery. Now, many months later, the people are assembled at the mountain and, in this...

Vayikra
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Vayikra

SAVING THE WORLD Is there any connection between the report on climate change issued this week by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Google’s launch of its own Chatbot, Bard? I think there is. The challenges of climate change are enormous. The UN report warns us that unless we take urgent action, we...