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05 Aug 2020
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 Va’etchanan (‘And I pleaded’) Questions constitute much of what we say. We probably don’t recognise the extent of this because of the trivial nature of what we are often asking. ‘Will it rain?’ ‘Tea or coffee?’ ‘Where’s the newspaper?’ Such questions do not linger in the…
31 Jul 2020
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 Devarim (‘Words’) In many ways, we are living through times that feel unreal – different from the lives we have been used to, though much goes on the same. However, the outlook is grim. BBC News reports of scientists advising that unless preventative action is taken…
31 Jul 2020
A selection of the week's happenings to aid your prayers
24 Jul 2020
A selection of the week's happenings to aid your prayers
24 Jul 2020
Torah Portion: Numbers 30:2-36:13 Matot / Masai ('Tribes' / 'Journeys') Relationships between a man and his wife and between a father and his daughter begin this week's Torah portion. It ends with Zelophehad's daughters, whose portion was to marry within their own clan, Manasseh, so that their inheritance was safeguarded.…
17 Jul 2020
A selection of the week's happenings to aid your prayers
17 Jul 2020
Torah Portion: Numbers 25:10-30:1 Pinchas (‘Phineas’) At the beginning of this week’s Torah portion, Phineas is commended by the Lord because he was zealous for the honour of his God. Later, we read that Moses could not enter the Promised Land, but could only look into it, because he had…
10 Jul 2020
A selection of the week's happenings to aid your prayers
