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Rabbi's Sermon 29th March 2025 / 29th Adar 5785
Accountability is a Jewish value The Yalkut Shmoni is a commentary on the Hebrew Bible, written probably in Germany in the 11th Century,...


Rabbi's Sermon 24th March / 24th Adar 5785
VAYAKHEL You should really learn Hebrew. Translations can be so misleading... Take, for example, the title of this week's Torah portion,...
Rabbi's Address Israel Vigil 16th March 2025
In Mishlei, the Book of Proverbs, we find a line that is often quoted: Tzedakah tatzil mimavet, which means "Charity saves from death."...


Rabbi's Sermon 15th March 2025 / 15th Adar 5785
I remember a conversation with my teacher, Rabbi David Goldberg z"l, during my first year of Rabbinical College. For those who don't...


Rabbi's Sermon 8th March / 8th Adar 5785
Z"L HY"D In these years, I have officiated several funerals and preached several times that, to honour those who are not with us anymore,...


Rabbi's Sermon 1st Mar 2025 / 1 Tevet 5785
JUSTICE WE DEMAND JUSTICE WE DEMAND There is a passage from the Book of Proverbs that is often included in Jewish funerals' liturgy: ...


Rabbi's Sermon 8th Feb 2025 / 10th Sh'vat 5785
See you on Wednesday I was - of course! - horrified by Donald Trump's press conference. He almost did not mention the hostages and...


Gordon Kay Sermon 15th Feb 2025 / 17th Sh'vat 5785
Sermon for Yitro This weeks’ reading is titled Yitro – Jethro, named after Moses' father-in-law, an outsider but a supporter and advisor...


Jason Lever Sermon – 22nd Feb 2025 / 25th Sh'vat 5785
Mishpatim This part of the Book of Exodus is often called the “Covenant Code” ( Sefer ha-B’rit ). This follows straight on from the Ten...


Rabbi’s Sermon 18th January 2025/18th Tevet 5785
WAITING Tsachi Yakhar We think of you; we have been thinking of you since that horrible October 7, when the terrorists of Hamas shot your...


Rabbi Andrea's Sermon 11th January 2025/ 11th Tevet 5785
"May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh" The Book of Genesis, which we conclude reading today, tells the story of a family. In...


Rabbi Andrea's BNJC Vigil Sermon 3rd January 2025 / 3rd of Tevet 5785
We are Far Right. You are Far Right. I am Far Right. And why are we Far Right? We are here because we pray for the liberation of the...


Rabbi Andrea's Sermon 4th Jan 2025 / 4th Tevet 5785
Yehudah and Joseph This week's Torah reading begins in the middle of the action - so let me recap what happened before. Joseph has...


Rabbi Andrea’s Sermon 28th December 2024 / 27th Kislev 5785
JUDAH WILL LIVE FOREVER It is one of the most famous Chanukah photos and is familiar to us all. It's an old photo; it is black and...


Hilary Peer's Sermon 21st December 2024 / 20th Kislev 5785
Vayehsev This week’s Torah portion takes us into the “Joseph novella,” which will continue throughout the rest of Genesis. Perhaps, one...
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