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Issac’s Bar Mitvah
Isaac Feldman was the star of his Bar Mitzvah on Saturday the 13th of Tishri for Shabbat Ha-azinu. His leyning of the Torah portion and handling of the Haftarah was
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Ha’azinu and Isaac Feldman’s Bar Mitzvah
Today I am 120 years old and I can no longer come and go. So says Moses at the start of Va-yeilech, as he approaches the end of his long
Elkan’s View
View from Natanya
ELKAN’S VIEW FROM NETANYA WEEK ENDING 24TH SEPTEMBER 201 It’s been a good summer including the unforgettable 50th anniversary of the Belmont Synagogue where I was the first Minister. To
Jeremy’s Notes
Ki Teitzei
We are now deep in the stream of Moses’ discourse as he goes through all of God’s laws, accompanying these with promises and warnings. It is as if he were
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Letter from a Moshav by Jo Gore
Helloooo No miracle birth but I have been in Israel now for 9 months! I finally succumbed and took a job at my friend’s company in Ra’anana – not my
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R’eih and Blessing for Elul, Machar Chodesh
You are a very stubborn nation. Why? Because (Ekev) you provoked God your Lord in the desert. So Moses tells the Israelites as he continues his lesson to the people
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Service with the A-Team
Murray Brown made his debut as a Sh’liach Tsibbur on Shabbat R’eih, 3 September, co-leading the service with his mentor, Harvey Kurzfield. A crowd of visitors and members of the
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Maureen Lipman Visits the Penzance Jewish Cemetery
A video of actress Maureen Lipman being shown around Penzance Jewish Cemetery by Keith Pearce is now available. She found the inscriptions on some of the gravestones heart warming. Taken
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Va-etchannan
Words, words, words… Devarim is full of these slippery, chameleon, shape-shifting creatures. Are they to be trusted? To encourage us to do just that, the last book of the Torah
Elkan’s View
View from Edgware
ELKAN’S VIEW FROM EDGWARE WEEK ENDING 6TH AUGUST 2016 This Shabbat is the 100th birthday of one of the great figures of Anglo Jewry, Lieutenant-Colonel Mordaunt Cohen, TD, DL. Mordaunt
Jeremy’s Notes
Mas’ei
If a man makes a vow to God or commits himself to some action, he must keep the vow. So we are told in Mattot, and this is not surprising.
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Pinchas
“How good are your tents, Jacob, your dwelling places, Israel. They stretch out like streams, like gardens by the river; they are like the aloes God has planted, like cedars
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Introducing Kehillat Kernow Cornish Magen David Pendants
“The arms of the Duchy are blazoned sable, fifteen bezants. These arms were designed in the 15th century, based on the arms of Richard, Earl of Cornwall (1209-1272). The bezants
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Newsletter August 2016
Just added the August newsletter: Kol Kehillat Kernow, Issue 44. Want an email newsletter when this one comes out? Subscribe for preview of its contents and a convenient notification.
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Chukkat
Some seek power for the sake of power itself and for high status. A few seek it because they have a sense of mission and believe they can make a
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Sh’lach l’cha
“When you raise and light the lamps, the seven lamps shall illuminate the menorah.” The lamps flame with holiness and burn with the freedom of the Israelites. And certainly B’ha’lot’cha
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Naso
Lifting the heads of the Israelites in the desert is a nice way to think of the beginning of the book of B’minbar. One can think of it as taking
Elkan’s View
View from Netanya
WEEK ENDING 3RD JUNE 2016 Last month I went to three of the oldest provincial communities in England. Each has a glorious history, and all have unusual buildings or artefacts
Jeremy’s Notes
B’chukkotai
Did you know that, if you have any slaves in your house, you must release them and their children at the next jubilee year? Also, if any of your close
Jeremy’s Notes
Emor
K’doshim reiterates many of the laws already announced, particularly in Mishpatim. There is a different emphasis now, reflected in the name of the parsha, i.e. holiness. “You must be holy,