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Getting ready for Pesach, Torah Style
The four special Shabbats leading up to Pesach are God’s proscription for purification before the major festival of Passover to begin the Jewish calendar year. And you thought it was
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Purim Party 2020
Graggers and Hamentaschen: It must be Purim
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Yitro – Wise Old Bird
A wise old bird who, at the beginning of this week’s parsha, arrives in the Israelite camp with his wise daughter Zipporah, who earlier saved Moses from the wrath of
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Bo: A Plague On All Your Houses
Ten plagues, actually, and on their houses not ours. We have a seder plate at home on which all the plagues are represented around the rim. Similar to pictures in
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Chanukkah Party
The Kehillat Kernow community representing four generations came out in droves to welcome in the 7th night of Chanukkah at a party hosted in the home of Pat an Leslie
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Historic England 100 Places List
Historic England has created a list of the 100 places, buildings and historical sites that tell the remarkable story of England and its impact on the world.
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Chayyei Sarah and Blessing for Kislev – there’s business and business
If Abraham had been dealing with the landed gentry and merchants of Falmouth and Penzance, he would have had an easier time of it negotiating for a burial plot for his
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Kol Nidrei and Yom Kippur Observances
All the High Holy Day services were well attended this year on the 8th and 9th of October with many visitors from afar and our own community of Kehillat Kernow.
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Rosh HaShannah Shines Despite the Weather
It may have been raining on Erev Rosh HaShannah and on the day of 5780, but the sun certainly shone when a large number of people from within the Cornish
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World Cup VS Bar MItzvah
The Fiction, Film, Food Event at Malpas Village Hall on the afternoon of 22nd September proved that both secular and religious rites of passage can somehow be managed with the showing of Sixty-Six for members of Kehillat Kernow and the greater community from the Cornwall Faith Forum. Add some popcorn, scones, brownies, and some Rosh HaShannah goodies, it was a
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Lev Returns to Kehillat Kernow
By popular demand, Lev Taylor, Reform Judaism’s student rabbi returned to take a service at Kehillat Kernow for Shabbat Va-ethannan on Saturday, 17th of August. Lev is one of four
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Newsletter for August 2019
It’s the latest Kol Kehillat Kernow for August added to the Newsletter page. If you are a Kehillat Kernow member or a registered website user, you may view the full
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Weekly Commentary on Chukkat
Fair-weather believers seem to be the underlying narrative in the B’Midbar parshot, from the pusillanimous ten spies to the blasphemous insurrection of Korah, Dathan and Abiram and on to
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Banner Turnout for Pesach 5779
The largest Seder in Kehillat Kernow history happened this year with 80 people attending the first night of Pesach at Trelssick Gardens in Feock, Truro.People came from near and afar
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Metzora
“Unclean! Unclean!” That’s what you would have had to shout out if you were struck by the leprous curse in the days of the Israelites. You would have also had
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Obedience at Disobedience
The Film/Food/Book/Fact Club met April 6th at Malpas Village Hall for another fantastic evening of good food, conviviality and discussion to view the film, ‘Disobedience,’ based on the book by
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Newsletter for April 2019
It’s the latest Kol Kehillat Kernow for April added to the Newsletter page. You can view the full version if you are a Kehillat Kernow member. Please apply to become
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Pesach in Cornwall
Spring is coming and, with it, one of the most wonderful festivals of the Jewish year: Pesach. It is fitting that, at the same time as the world around us
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Planting for the future
Envision Abraham sitting under the terebinth tree on the Plains of Mamre hosting the angels of God as they are about to reveal the future birth of Isaac. A seminal
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Holocaust Memorial Day Events in Cornwall
Several events were held during the weekend of January 25-28th throughout Cornwall to remember and honour the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.