Rabbi Hannah Kingston

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A full-bodied festival: the parashah for Succot

“On the first day you shall take the product of hadar trees, branches of palm trees, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Eternal your God seven days” Leviticus 23:40

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Choosing a lulav in London (photo: Getty Images)

The forgotten sheaf: this week’s parashah, Ki Tetzei

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The Queen of Sheba visiting Solomon's Temple by Salomon de Bray, 17th century(Wikimedia Commons)

The Temple of Love: this week’s parashah, Devarim

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Members of the Women of the Wall group in Jerusalem (photo: Getty Images)

Women and tallit: this week’s sidrah, Shelach Lecha

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Cultivating self-restraint: this week’s parashah, Behar-Bechukkotai

‘That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you: you shall not sow, neither shall you reap the aftergrowth or harvest the untrimmed vines’ Leviticus 25:11

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May 7, 2026 11:03

Grape expectations: the Yeruham Pinto vineyard in Israel's southern Negev desert (photo: Getty Images)

Seeing God in the world: Shabbat Chol Hamo’ed

“Then I will take My hand away and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen” Exodus 33: 23

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March 31, 2026 12:15

Michaelangelo's Moses (Wikimedia Commons)

Remembering and forgetting: this week’s sidrah, Tetzaveh

“Remember that which Amalek did to you, on your journey, after you left Egypt. How, undeterred by fear of God, he surprised you on the march, when you were famished and weary, and cut down all the stragglers in your rear” Deuteronomy 25:17-18

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February 26, 2026 11:55

Battling the Amalekites, Pauwels Casteels, 17th century (Wikimedia Commons)

Fear of darkness: this week’s sidrah, Bo

“Hold out your arm toward the sky that there may be darkness upon the land of Egypt, a darkness that can be touched” Exodus 10:2

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January 22, 2026 10:16

The Ninth Plague, Darkness, Gustave Doré (Wikimedia Commons)

A leader’s tears: this week’s parashah, Mikketz

“And he turned away from them, and he wept” Genesis 42:24

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December 18, 2025 10:26

Joseph receiving his brothers in Egypt, Francesco Bacchiacca, 1515 (Wikimedia Commons)

Parashah of the week: Chayei Sarah

“And Eliezer said, ‘O Adonai, God of my master Abraham’s house, grant me good fortune this day, and deal graciously with my master Abraham’” Genesis 24:12

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November 13, 2025 15:07

Eliezer and Rebecca at the Well, Carlo Maratta, 60s (Wikimedia Commons)

Rabbi Hannah Kingston

Latest from Rabbi Hannah Kingston

A full-bodied festival: the parashah for Succot

The forgotten sheaf: this week’s parashah, Ki Tetzei

The Temple of Love: this week’s parashah, Devarim

Women and tallit: this week’s sidrah, Shelach Lecha

More from Rabbi Hannah Kingston

Cultivating self-restraint: this week’s parashah, Behar-Bechukkotai

Seeing God in the world: Shabbat Chol Hamo’ed

Remembering and forgetting: this week’s sidrah, Tetzaveh

Fear of darkness: this week’s sidrah, Bo

A leader’s tears: this week’s parashah, Mikketz

Parashah of the week: Chayei Sarah