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Prayer for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
To mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, the Chief Rabbi has issued the following prayer of loyalty, esteem and gratitude. Download Prayer Read more... -
Behar: In business, we’re all princes
Transcript Every single person we do business with is the child of an exceptionally important person. This is a comment of the great medieval commentator Sforno on Parshat Behar which Read more... -
Emor – Shabbat UK: A journey beyond Shabbat UK
Transcript: Over these seven weeks we are building our characters. This is thanks to the Torah law in Parshat Emor which tells us, “Sheva shabbatot temimot tihyena.” We count the Read more... -
Kedoshim: What is the hallmark of a Torah scholar?
Transcript What is the hallmark of a Torah scholar? Parshat Kedoshim presents us with the well known verse, “Veahavta lereacha kemocha,” – “Love your fellow as yourself.” Rabbi Akiva famously Read more... -
Acharei Mot: The Torah’s travel insurance
Transcript Have you ever been asked to take ‘shliach mitzvah’ money? If you have, you’ll be familiar with the idea. The Talmud teaches, “Shluchei mitzvah einan nizokin.” – “People who Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Pesach 2022
“Freedom is not the right to do as we please, but the opportunity to do what is right.” At the Grammy awards this week, President Zelensky of Ukraine Read more... -
Pesach: Are you thirsty without knowing it?
Transcript When are we thirsty without even knowing it? At our seder tables, we declare, “Kol dichfin yeitei v’yeichol. Kol ditzrich yeitei veyifsach.” – “Let all who are hungry come Read more... -
Shabbat HaGadol: How can one shabbat be ‘greater’ than all the others?
Transcript How can any one shabbat be greater than all the others? This coming shabbat will have the title ‘Shabbat HaGadol’ – The Great Sabbath. Many reasons are given as Read more... -
The Chief Rabbi’s Pesach Message 5782
For the past two years, our Pesach experiences have been uniquely challenging while we contended with the unprecedented restrictions of the Coronavirus pandemic. Baruch Hashem, at long last, we can Read more... -
Tazria & Parshat HaChodesh: The Torah’s 30-day renewal programme
Transcript: It’s not always good for us to become creatures of habit. This shabbat we’ll be reading the special maftir for Parshat HaChodesh from the Book of Shemot (12:2). There Read more...
