Archive: September 2023
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Thought for the Day: Yom Kippur 2023
“…finding the right balance between walking ahead and walking behind.” In 1998, 50% of the British population said it was especially important for children to be obedient. Today, only 11% Read more... -
Succot: What’s the most important part of any major event?
Transcript: What’s the most important part of any major event? Programmers say it is the follow up. The value of the day is not what happens on that day, rather Read more... -
Guide on Baby Loss, Infertility and Childlessness
The Chief Rabbi has issued a guide for Rabbis, Rebbetzens and lay leaders of Jewish communities, which focuses on three issues: pregnancy and infant loss, infertility and childlessness. The Guide Read more... -
Yom Kippur: The difference between hope and ‘good’ hope
Transcript: What’s the difference between hope and ‘good’ hope? Surely all hope is good? In our prayers at this time of the year, we say to Hashem ‘Uvechein tein kavod Read more... -
The Chief Rabbi’s Rosh Hashanah Message 5784
The term ‘Yamim Noraim’ (Days of Awe) contains within it the key to transformative living. Unetaneh Tokef, at the heart of our High Holyday Musaph prayers, commences: “Let us now Read more... -
Rosh Hashanah: Two steps to achievable teshuva
Transcript: Here’s a question for you. What is not over the heavens, not over the seas but in our mouths and our hearts to do? This is how Parshat Nitzavim Read more...
