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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 Fire
Fire enhances life in a great many ways, while simultaneously being one of the most dangerous substances on earth.
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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
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
My Friend Sami Rohr, the Torah Scholar
In spite of his very demanding business and growing family, Don Sami found time to study Torah
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By Eliezer Shemtov
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Daily Thought
Pyrophobia
On the outside, Torah is water. On the inside, it is fire. The text, the instructions, the practical side of Torah--that is water. People come to water. When they are thirsty, they gather around. But what if you have no thirst for Torah? What if you find the water cold? What if dos and don’ts don’t excite you? Then you must enter within, to the hidden meanings, to the mysteries of Torah. To its fire. But what if you fear fire? What if you fear the unknown, the spiritual, the...