There are many theories why Nadav and Avihu bring a "foreign fire that was not commanded" which led to their deaths - they were drunk,...

Yesterday I sat my final rabbinical exam in the laws of Jewish mourning, Aveilut. So it felt apt to find something in this week's...

Why does the megilla start with Vashti? First of all, Vashti gets a bad rap, mainly thanks to a set of Babylonian midrash that many of us...

We're often told that the Mishkan (portable desert temple) was built exactly to God's instructions, with the repeating words "kaasher...

Mirror mirror on the wall... in our parasha, Vayakhel, Moshe attempts to refuse the gift of mirrors to the Mishkan on the basis that...

Can a relationship ever heal from betrayal and infidelity? Well, you should absolutely read "The State of Affairs" by the phenomenal...

It's a little hard to relate to these parshiot which describe the Mishkan creation in great detail. But the Yom Kippur song Mareh Cohen...

Happy rainbow unicorns, it turns out, are not an invention of the last five years, or even a medieval invention as Wikipedia would have...

Slavery is wrong. Full stop. And yet its existence in the Torah - moderated but understood as a fact of life - is problematic. There are...

Instagram's caption bot had fun with all my Hebrew this week - very grateful for the edit function! What does a beautiful quail egg have...

Ever experienced things hitting rock bottom, and then when you think they can't get any worse, a breakthrough happens and the situation...

Much can be said about Pharaoh's heart hardening and being heartened and the implications for free will... but today, I'm interested in...

Nearer to 90 seconds this week - but here's Miriam's thoughts on this week's parasha Vaera. Until the final plague, most of the 10...

It's a new year of 90 second sermons and a new sefer - the book of Shemot. Fab to be back with the wonderful Rabbi Joe to share a thought...

This week’s instagram sermon is on dreams! It's the Parasha of dreams - Pharaoh's two dreams, The butler and baker's dreams are recalled,...

This week Miriam’s teacher, Reb Tanya Farber, shared the Hasidic idea of the Chanukah dreidel with its stem above and the Purim gregor...

Feeling alone, unprotected, vulnerable, in uncharted territory? Or is that just Yaakov in this week's parasha? Like him, we're more cared...

Parashat Toldot Divar Torah by Miriam Lorie - 24th November 2022 Our parasha is named Toldot, and begins with the words וְאֵלֶּה...

This week, Miriam Lorie is joined by her colleague Sarah Beth Neville @sarah_beth_nev this week to discuss the parasha Toldot. Isaac...

This week Miriam is joined by her friend Sarah-Beth Neville. Isaac digging wells isn't the most obvious place to go in this week's...