“Put the inhabitants of that town to the sword and its cattle to the sword. Doom it all and all that is in it to destruction: ...and burn the town” Deuteronomy 13:16-17
Shabbat times for the week
Saul Jacobs has collaborated with a cooperative of Madagascar-based women to decorate and sell unique handmade kippot ahead of his bar mitzvah next month
Cautious progress rather than rapid change has been the order of the day
“It will come about that because you will listen to these commandments, keep them and perform them, the Lord, your God will keep for you the covenant and the kindness that He swore to your forefathers” Deuteronomy 7:12-13
Devon-based Miknaf Ha’aretz is looking to a build a different model of Jewish community from the suburban standard
“Let me, I pray, cross over and see the good land on the other side of the Jordan” Deuteronomy 3:23
Shabbat times from August 16 to August 23
The Temple was our beating heart – we should mourn its loss
Parashah of the week: Devarim
Shabbat and fast times from August 9 to August 16
The teachings of the Torah can help us manage time more effectively, according to a new book
“Among the cities you shall give to the Levites, shall be six cities of refuge, which you shall provide [as places] to which a murderer can flee” Numbers 35:6
A rabbi’s life is demanding – but never dull
“Let the Eternal God, source of the breath of all flesh, appoint someone over the community” Numbers 27:16
Tamara Micner celebrated at Kehillah North London
“You shall not lead this congregation into the land that I have given them” Numbers 20:12
The Tyneside community could be the next to establish a Shabbat zone
The rabbi is opening a healing and wellbeing centre
The Seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, whose 30th yahrzeit is next week, left an enduring legacy
“And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face” Numbers 16:4
In the face of growing polarisation a liberal religious voice is needed more than ever
“We remember the fish we used to eat free in Egypt - the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions and the garlic” Numbers 11:6
Rabbi Lara Haft Yom-Tov's comments on Israel continue to rock flagship Masorti shul
The great artist’s and biblical hero’s approach to mortality show a revealing contrast
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