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Rabbi Andrea’s Sermon – Rosh Hashanah morning sermon 1st Tishri 5787
There is something new this year We are all accustomed to associating the colour white with Rosh Hashanah. We see white on the bimah, white on the Torah scrolls, sometimes white in the clothes people wear. And, as so often with Jewish customs, it is interesting to trace the idea backwards. The first source of this custom is biblical. There is in the Book of Isaiah a powerful verse. God speaks to the Israelites and says: “Though your sins be like scarlet, they shall become
Rabbi Andrea’s Sermon – Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon 29th Elul 5786
On the anniversary of Sept 11 Twenty-five years is a long time. A quarter of a century. And yet, I can still remember that day: 11 September 2001. Those days Internet was not so common. News still reached us mainly through television. So the first indication that something extraordinary had happened appeared on my computer screen, as a breaking news pop up while I was trying to connect to a library catalogue. I remember the University of Milan suddenly emptying. Like many
Rabbi Andrea’s Sermon 5th September / 23rd Elul 5786
THE WORD KAPO AND THE LOVE FOR ISRAEL There is a word which, whenever I hear one Jew use it against another Jew, makes me very, very upset. That word is kapo. Go on social media and you see how often it happens. Someone takes a political position that somebody else regards as shameful, and is called a kapo. Someone signs a letter criticising Israel, and in the comments is called a kapo. Someone associates with somebody who happens to be particularly unpopular, and immediate
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