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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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Weekly Magazine
Shofar Over the Internet During Elul?
Due to the pandemic, I’m currently unable to attend service. Can I fulfill this custom by listening to the shofar over Zoom?
By Yehuda Shurpin
A Soul, Murdered and Alive
Call out from the depths of your heart, and the depths of heaven ring.
By Tzvi Freeman
Take the Tzedakah Quiz
Do you know a penny from a pushke? Test your tzedakah knowledge.
By Menachem Posner
What You Need to Know About Taking a Walk on Shabbat
Discover how far you may walk on Shabbat and what actions to take if you inadvertently carry.
By Yehuda Shurpin
Is Your Biggest Enemy in Your Own Head?
Anxious Parshah
By Eliezer Shemtov
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8:00 PM  -  Friday, August 21
Shabbat Ends
9:12 PM  -  Shabbat, August 22
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Rosh Hashanah
Sep. 11 - Sep. 13
Daily Thought
Come Home Daily
There’s nothing that matches the joy when a lost child returns home. And you are that child. Because your soul began within G‑d. And she descended into this world to inhabit a body and live as though a stranger to the heavens, captive of a futile dream, journeying upon many winding and perilous roads… Until waking up one day and realizing that none of these lead back home. And now, every day, with every prayer of your heart, with every word of Torah upon your lips, with every mitzvah and...