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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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The answer seems simple enough: The Torah itself references witchcraft . . .
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You are not betraying your father by ending a grudge he no longer carries; you are honoring his true wishes.
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Jul. 2 - Jul. 23
Daily Thought
Learning Torah
We don’t learn Torah to gain knowledge—not even divine knowledge. At the time you are learning Torah, your mind itself is divine. Your mind wraps itself in divine modalities. Your soul twirls and rises in a divine dance. As you wrestle with divine words, pathways and wisdom, you merge with them, so that your entire being becomes Torah. We learn Torah because it is a...