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Kehillat Nashira
Oct 17, 20231 min read
Religious Feminists Take the Torah Scrolls Into Their Own Hands
A feminist group on Facebook has helped more women take part in religious services and contributed to the creation of partnership...
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Kehillat Nashira
Oct 17, 20231 min read
Just Don’t Call the Rabbi 'Feminist'
Rabbi Daniel Sperber, who has been instrumental in broadening the role of women in Orthodox worship, says it’s all about human dignity....
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Kehillat Nashira
Oct 17, 20231 min read
Orthodox, separate - and almost equal
The partnership minyan phenomenon, marked by its liberal inclusion of women in leading prayer, is proving highly contentious and...
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Kehillat Nashira
Oct 12, 20231 min read
Bereishit - 60 second video sermon
The midrash says that God created multiple worlds before settling on our one. Click here to watch Miriam's 60 second video sermon. But...
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Kehillat Nashira
Oct 5, 20231 min read
Sukkot - 60 second video sermon
This week 60 seconds is on the paradoxes of Sukkot with Cameos from Waffle the cat and schach leaves already blown down before Sukkot has...
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Kehillat Nashira
Sep 21, 20231 min read
Haazinu - 60 second video sermon
Haazinu is a song. The song part of Moshe's swansong before he leaves the world. As we approach Yom Kippur, which R.Alan Lew describes as...
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Kehillat Nashira
Sep 21, 20231 min read
Vezot haBracha - 60 second video sermon
This week Miriam Lorie is joing by Rabbi Oliver Joseph in his beautiful sukkah to talk Torah. This weekend we read "Vezot haBracha", the...
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Kehillat Nashira
Sep 14, 20231 min read
Rosh Hashanah - 60 second video sermon
Are you in the camp of people who love the big themes of Rosh Hashanah? Or in the "this is all too heavy, where can I hide?" camp? Our...
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Kehillat Nashira
Sep 7, 20231 min read
Nitzavim Vayelech - 60 second sermon
In this week's 60 second video Miriam suggests you listen to this song, which puts these gorgeous Torah words to music. There have been...
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Kehillat Nashira
Aug 31, 20231 min read
Ki Tavo - 60 second video sermon
It's Ellul! It's 2 weeks until Rosh Hashanah! It's my bat mitzvah sedra Ki Tavo! Bring on the ceremonies, symbols and metaphorical...
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Kehillat Nashira
Aug 3, 20231 min read
Eikev - 60 second video sermon
The Jewish week of love, book of love and parasha of love. I've always wondered what the shema means when it asks us to "love God with...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jul 27, 20231 min read
Va’etchanan - 60 second video sermon
This week Miriam Lorie is joined by her friend, Rabbi Joe Wolfson. Rabbi Joe Wolfson brings a beautiful Ramban on what it means to fo...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jul 6, 20231 min read
Pinchas - 60 second video sermon
The good kind of slippery slope? That's what this one is about. I can't tell you how many people I meet who say "I've checked out of...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jun 23, 20232 min read
Miriam's Thoughts From New York
Last week I had the good fortune to be in New York for the graduation of my 4th year colleagues - 6 newly minted women Rabbis! The...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jun 22, 20231 min read
Korach - 60 second video sermon
Ok so everyone is keen to point out why Korach is such a baddie in this week's parasha and don't get me wrong, I don't disagree. But...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jun 22, 20231 min read
Chukat - 60 second video sermon
It's in this week's parasha where a black hole of death takes place, unmentioned, eerily skipped. But I think there's a hint as to mass...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jun 15, 20232 min read
Study Torah L'Am online this summer!
The highly acclaimed Torah L'Am course, written by Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum, is on offer for you to learn online between June and...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jun 14, 20231 min read
Shlach Lecha - 60 second video sermon
This week Miriam is in Maharat, New York and is joined by her colleague, @sofia_freudenstein on her BIRTHDAY! Can they go from the...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jun 14, 20233 min read
Three great articles on the Halachic arguments surrounding Partnership Minyanim
These three articles provide a good starting point for an in depth halachic analysis of the arguments surrounding Partnership Minyanim:...
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Kehillat Nashira
Jun 7, 20231 min read
Bechaalotecha - 60 second video sermon
Content warning - suicide The Torah does not shy away from this heavy subject, nor does it minimise it or surround it with shame. On the...
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