THE RIGHT PLACE FOR A LECHAYIM! One stark contrast between our Seder nights and our currently home-based synagogue services is the place of wine. Whilst a fundamental requirement of our Seder was to drink four cups of wine, there is no place for wine or liquor in a regular prayer service, whether held at home or shul. In the sidra of Shemini, which we read two days after Pesach this year, we learn of the episode of Nadav and Avihu, the two older sons of Aaron, who tragically lose their lives as they bring strange fire into the dedication of...
A message to my dear friends in St Johns Wood From Rabbi Yisroel Fine Tomorrow after Mincha we will read the Haggadah in anticipation of the Seder next Wednesday night. For some it will be a night of thanksgiving celebrating newly born additions to their family. But for others, empty places will replace the recently vacated shivah chairs, or mark the absence of those who lie on sick beds in hospital or at home. May Hashem send the a Refuah Shlemah. But every one of us will surely ask the Mah Nishtanah. How different this night will be for our...
