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Rabbi David Lister

Rabbi David Lister

David Lister is rabbi at Edgware United Synagogue

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Israel's response to the victims of the Turkey earthquake is the Jewish one

My blessing for Muhammed Ahmed - a two-year-old rescued from the rubble

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Israel's response to the victims of the Turkey earthquake is the Jewish one
A photo shows a snow-covered tree at the Kahler Asten in Winterberg, western Germany on January 27, 2023. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)

A winter’s tale: why Tu Bishvat falls at this time

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Swarms of locusts fly in a residential area in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on June 26, 2020. - Farmers are struggling as the worst locust plague in 25 years wipes out entire harvests in Pakistan's agricultural heartlands, leaving people scrambling for income. (Photo by Banaras KHAN / AFP) (Photo by BANARAS KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Yom Kippur is not the day of the locust

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Ultra Orthodox children wear Torrah crowns at their kindergarten at Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem 31 May 2006 during celebration of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. Shavuot, one of Judaism's three pilgrimage festivals (along with Passover and Sukkot), will take place this year between sunset on 01 June, and sunset on 02 June. Shavuot marks the giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai, seven weeks after the exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt. Indeed, Shavuot literally means "weeks" and is celebrated exactly seven weeks after the first day of Passover, which marks the exodus itself. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

The day when the Jewish people came closest to God

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The Torah helps us understand events like Pittsburgh

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October 30, 2018 09:56
The Torah helps us understand events like Pittsburgh

Yom Kippur's special link with Israel

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September 14, 2018 09:51
Yom Kippur's special link with Israel

Why mystics linked Tu Bishvat with a bucket

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February 10, 2017 09:50
Why mystics linked Tu Bishvat with a bucket

There's more to Friday night candles than meets the eye

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November 10, 2016 13:18
There's more to Friday night candles than meets the eye

From the ashes of despair on Tishah b'Av comes a ray of hope

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August 11, 2016 11:32
From the ashes of despair on Tishah b'Av comes a ray of hope

The document that saved my mother's life

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May 26, 2016 11:16

The last days of Pesach: keeping faith amid a sea of uncertainty

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April 27, 2016 11:51
The last days of Pesach: keeping faith amid a sea of uncertainty

When 12 turns into 13: the extra dimensions of a leap year

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March 3, 2016 13:09
When 12 turns into 13: the extra dimensions of a leap year

The shofar's many voices

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September 18, 2014 12:01
The shofar's many voices

How Sunday cheder can adapt to survive

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December 22, 2011 11:38
How Sunday cheder can adapt to survive

Why Chanucah echoes the light of Creation

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November 25, 2010 12:30
Why Chanucah echoes the light of Creation

Why Rosh Hashanah is the world's birthday

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September 17, 2009 11:33
Why Rosh Hashanah is the world's birthday
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