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Rabbi Shmuli & Rivkie Pink moved to Leicester in 2001. Together with their 10 children, they are proving themselves a formidable team, bringing a vibrancy to the Leicester Hebrew Congregation, with their endless energy and joy.
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Why Do We Say Yizkor When We Do?
Yizkor is recited four times a year: on the last day of Passover, on the second day of Shavuot, on Shemini Atzeret and Yom Kippur.
By Yehuda Shurpin
9 Facts You Should Know About Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai is where G‑d Himself descended and struck a deal with His chosen people.
By Menachem Posner
Are You Ashkenazi or Sepharadi?
Can We Ever Really Change?
How can we change outward actions into penetrating, moving actions that transform our attitude?
By Aharon Loschak
Are Mysteries Supposed to Stay Mysteries?
Is it OK to sneak a peek behind the veil that shrouds the commandments and attempt to unravel their mysteries?
By Yossi Ives
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Daily Thought
Where Is Mystery?
Where is the playwright within the play? Within the lead actor? Behind a rock? She has invested her entire being within her play. She is present in every detail. And yet the playwright is nowhere to be found. Where is the soul within the body? At the smallest wound in the body, the soul reels in pain. The slightest nuance of the soul is immediately expressed in the body. Grab a living body and you grab a soul. And yet nowhere within your body will any biologist ever find you, the person, and your will to choose to do what you do. The body and soul are...