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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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  • Tonight Is Tisha B’AvA historical overview and a digest of the day's laws. Read More
  • How I Survived AuschwitzMindu Hornick MBE, describes her heart-wrenching experiences in Auschwitz and a slave-labor camp. Read More
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Weekly Magazine
14 Things Jews Should Never Say
Just because you can legally say whatever you want doesn’t mean everything is right or appropriate.
By Yehuda Altein
Who Authored the Kinot Said on Tisha B'Av?
Some of the authors are well known, some are known by name only, and others are anonymous.
By Yehuda Shurpin
Emunah
We’re used to thinking of faith as a strategy for people who can’t think for themselves...
By Tzvi Freeman
Take the Minor Prophets Quiz
Test your knowledge of this section of Tanach!
By Menachem Posner
What You Need to Know About Starting Your Day Like a Jew
How we begin our day can shape the way the rest of it unfolds.
By Yehuda Shurpin
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Leicester
Light Candles at
8:52 PM  -  Friday, July 24
Shabbat Ends
10:16 PM  -  Shabbat, July 25
Weekly Torah Portion
Va'etchanan
Upcoming Holiday
The Three Weeks
Jul. 2 - Jul. 23
Daily Thought
Inner Exile
It is not so much that we need to be taken out of exile. It is that we must take the exile out of ourselves. What is exile? It is the belief that there is some place outside of G-d. And that in that place, there are forces stronger than G-d. And those forces will not allow you to do what your soul came here to do. Fear no thing, no force...