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We start our Day of Atonement with a strange request, one which even comes in different formats and one which has caused much confusion, not to mention hostility from those who always seek an excuse to be hostile. The ‘Kol Nidre’ prayer is a request to God to forgive either the sins we have committed, […]
JONAH My favourite part of the Book of Jonah is Chapter Five. You won’t find it in the printed editions, because it is a chapter – thanks to a form of ”Interactive Narrative Composition” – that the reader, each reader has to supply for themselves. So it is never the same twice. Its main theme […]
This week’s Torah portion, Vayelech, has the least number of verses out of all the parashot which we read throughout the year. This is because we usually read it together with the previous Torah portion, Nitzavim. However, this year this parasha is being read separately. It starts with a confession made by Moses, who is […]
It happens each year, if we follow the calendar of readings from the Torah, for each individual Shabbat and then for the major festivals that are mentioned in the Torah and have their own specific Torah services (not Purim or Chanukah or Tu BiShvat) – it happens each year, throughout the year, that we are […]
