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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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Extreme Judaism! 12 Facts About Jewish Life in the Polar Regions
While there isn’t a synagogue at the North Pole (yet!), there has been, and there still is, a Jewish presence not far from the Arctic and Antarctic Circles.
By Yehuda Altein
Why Do We Write Hebrew from Right to Left?
Learn the answer to this simple-seeming question in the light of history, Jewish law, and kabbalah.
By Yehuda Shurpin
Take the Jewish Songs Quiz
Who composed the common tune for “Eishet Chayil”?
By Menachem Posner
What Is a Yetzer Hara and How Do I Get Rid of It?
The yetzer hara is an instinctive impulse for self-gratification (bad), embodied by the emotional responses of the beast within you.
By Tzvi Freeman
What You Need To Know About Reading the Torah Scroll
When must mistakes be corrected? How should one proceed when an error is discovered in the Torah scroll?
By Yehuda Shurpin
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9:46 PM  -  Shabbat, August 8
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Sep. 11 - Sep. 13
Daily Thought
De-Victimizing
Just who are the oppressors of which you are victim? People? Institutions? The Laws of Nature? They are but tools in the hand of their Master. Or are you the victim of your own Creator? The Designer of this cosmos does not contrive schemes to undermine His own creations. He knows us as He knows Himself; He sees His world from our eyes; He is our life and our essence. When He makes demands of us, He meets us on our own ground, not according to His unlimited power, but finely measured to the capacity He has hidden within us. There are times when you compare the burden on your shoulders to the strengths you know you have, and it seems...