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Kehillat Nashira
Jul 4, 20242 min read
The Future of Kehillat Nashira
The Future of Kehillat Nashira All donations matched up to £30,000! As we celebrate Rabbi Miriam Lorie receiving semicha we have the...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jun 27, 20241 min read
Shlach - 60 second video sermon
What should have been a 2-week walk from Egypt to freedom in the Promised Land (I calculated it on Google Maps) turns out to be a 40-year...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jun 21, 20241 min read
Behaalotecha - 60 second video sermon
The desert grumbling intensifies in this week's Parasha, Behaalotecha. It has always astonished me that our memory of a difficult past...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jun 7, 20241 min read
Bemidbar - 60 second video sermon
"I've been through the desert on a horse with no name... in the desert, you can't remember your name" Singer, Dewey Bunell, wrote these...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jun 7, 20241 min read
In the News - Another step forward for Orthodox female rabbis
Simon Rocker, from The Jewish Chronicle, this week focused on Miriam Lorie's Semicha (rabbinic ordination). He describes the graduation...
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Kehillat Nashira
May 31, 20241 min read
"Why do we record the opinion of the single person among the many when halacha must be in accordance with the majority?" - 60 second video sermon
Sharing some Torah from my final exam day! Why does our halakhic tradition preserve the individual, dissenting, and rejected opinions? So...
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Kehillat Nashira
May 24, 20241 min read
Behar - 60 second video sermon
"Proclaim liberty in the land" says this week's parasha, Behar. We need liberty and release more than ever in this hurting world. I'm...
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Kehillat Nashira
May 23, 20242 min read
BBC Radio 2 - Pause for Thought - "Choose to see the things that are improving"
Zoe, it’s finally here! On Monday we’re flying to New York, and a week later, in a beautiful ceremony there surrounded by family and...
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Kehillat Nashira
May 22, 20243 min read
UK's first Orthodox female congregation rabbi - Rabbi Miriam Lorie
Our very own, Miriam Lorie, set to become Rabbi Lorie when she receives semicha in New York in just a few days time. This has been...
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Kehillat Nashira
May 17, 20241 min read
Save the date - Miriam's Semicha
In less than three weeks, on June 3, our very own Miriam Lorie will be receiving Semicha (qualifying as a rabbi). Take a look at the...
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Kehillat Nashira
May 17, 20241 min read
Emor - 60 second video sermon
One of my favourite mantras when a Torah parasha is challenging is: "the Torah is the first word, not the last word." This week's...
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Kehillat Nashira
May 10, 20241 min read
Kedoshim - video sermon
I love the Gemara's idea that "placing a stumbling block before the blind" could look like inciting anger in another - riling them up so...
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Kehillat Nashira
May 3, 20241 min read
Acharei - video sermon
I feel very fortunate to live in a country where people can speak freely and love having the opportunity to contribute to the diversity...
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miriamlorie
Apr 17, 20247 min read
A Pesach message from Miriam
Dear all, As we prepare for Pesach - cooking, cleaning, packing or learning - we usually look to imbue all the work with meaning. How can...
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Kehillat Nashira
Apr 12, 20245 min read
Tazria - How to become an ex-leper
The legendary comedy troupe Monty Python (who I am proud to call fellow Brits), in their take on Second Temple life in The Life of Brian,...
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Kehillat Nashira
Apr 11, 20241 min read
Tazria - video sermon
There's no sin in childbirth, so why does the Torah say a woman brings a sin offering after birth? I think there's something else going...
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Kehillat Nashira
Apr 9, 20242 min read
Pause for thought - "Music will continue to work it's magic"
I’d like to tell you about Benny and Jack, two men in their 80s who I’ve got to know through my hospital chaplaincy. Benny is an orthodox...
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Kehillat Nashira
Apr 9, 20244 min read
Collect CRP points with Kehillat Nashira
The window for collecting Certificate of Religious Practice (CRP) points for admission into Jewish schools opened on 5th April 2024. If...
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Kehillat Nashira
Apr 5, 20241 min read
Shmini - video sermon
There are many theories why Nadav and Avihu bring a "foreign fire that was not commanded" which led to their deaths - they were drunk,...
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Kehillat Nashira
Apr 4, 20241 min read
Purim 2024 with Kehillat Nashira
Thank you so much to everyone who joined us to celebrate Purim together - we hope you had as much fun as we did! Click below to watch a...
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