וטהר לבנו לעבדך באמת כי אתה ה’ א’ אמת. Cleanse our hearts O God that we should serve you in truth, for you God are a God of Truth. We shall be repeating this verse in the Amidah throughout Rosh…
The main Avodat Hayom – service of the day -of Rosh Hashanah is to sweeten the judgment and arouse mercy. That Hashem should stand down from His Throne of Judgment and sit on His Throne of Mercy and Kindness. This…
At the height of our High Holyday services we will declare: “Penitence, Prayer and Charity can avert the evil decree”. We will recognise that prayer is a central, fundamental and transformative ingredient of our Jewish experience. According to the Talmud,…
At our Seder tables, we will declare: “My father was a wandering Aramean and he went down to Egypt…and there he became a nation.” (Deuteronomy 26:5) However, after our deliverance from Egypt, at the time of our acceptance of the…
The Prince of Mannheim, once approached the 19th century Sage – Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Berlin Zts’l and asked him this question: “Every year at the Seder on Pesach, Jewish children ask ‘MahNishtana…,Why is this night different from all other nights?’ But Pesach is…
How long does it take you to get to work? Are you one of those suffering the increase in tube congestion? How many passengers do you think the London Underground carried last year? Just over 1.2billion journeys were made! A…
After a big storm, thousands of starfish had washed up on a secluded beach. One day, a man was walking down the beach and saw a stranger picking up one starfish at a time and throwing them back into the…
