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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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  • 14 Simple and Surprising Things Jews Do With FireFire enhances life in a great many ways, while simultaneously being one of the most dangerous substa... Read More
  • Today Is the 15th of AvOur sages proclaimed the 15th of Av as one of the happiest days of the year, when Jewish maidens wou... Read More
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14 Simple and Surprising Things Jews Do With Fire
Fire enhances life in a great many ways, while simultaneously being one of the most dangerous substances on earth.
By Yehuda Altein
Why Does a Husband Stay Home During the First Year?
“When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army…”
By Yehuda Shurpin
Does a Soul Choose Its Family?
Judaism teaches that G-d chooses who our parents are, where we are born, and when.
By Aron Moss
My Friend Sami Rohr, the Torah Scholar
Honoring a patron of Jewish life on his yahrzeit, 17 Menachem Av.
By Rabbi Alfredo Goldschmidt
Heels Over Head
Every mitzvah, even a simple rule that we would have figured out on our own, is part of a covenant and connection that entirely transcends our limited reality.
By Tzvi Freeman
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10:01 PM  -  Shabbat, August 1
Weekly Torah Portion
Eikev
Upcoming Holiday
The 15th of Av
Jul. 29
Daily Thought
Seeing Within
Man sees a tree and the tree says, “I am here, I was here, and I am nothing more but a thing that is here.” Man ponders and answers, “No! I give you a name! You are ‘tree’! You have beauty and you have a soul. You point upwards and you say, ‘There is something higher, there is the One who gives me life and gives me my very being.’” And so Man goes on, until he has brought the whole of creation down on its...