A shammash in the age of electricity
THE MIRACLE OF CHANUKAH
Chanukah is colourful, exciting, and popular, ranking with Purim in carnival spirit. Every type of talent is part of the festival:...
Tehillim – Psalm 56
Very often when a person’s situation seems completely hopeless, he will lose all hope and utterly despair. However King David did not lose any...
Cannibalism, Candles and Conversions
by Rabbi Raymond Apple
CANNIBALISM
Q. Is cannibalism kosher? There was an incident in 1972 when survivors of a plane crash in the Andes ate the...
Tehillim 148
This week’s psalm brings us within touching distance of the end of Tehillim. It is one of the most all encompassing psalms in the whole...
Reflections on the passing of Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu zt”l
By Rabbi Jeremy Conway
Somehow it was my great zechus to become a zanav l’aroyos – “a tail to lions” and in particular to the...
Tehillim – Psalm 58
In Judaism we have a concept not to rejoice too much at our enemies downfall. The classic example of this is during Pesach, when...
Ask Rabbi Apple
Q&A with Rabbi Apple
A DIVORCE PARTY?
Q. I know some people that are making a party to celebrate getting divorced. Do you approve?
A. I would...
Moving and Meaningful Tisha B’Av programme Whitefield Community Kollel in their new home, Shomrei...
Sunday Tisha B’Av saw a well-attended day long programme offered at Shomrei Hadas Shul Prestwich by Whitefield Community Kollel.
In the day’s programme, led by...
Tehillim – Psalm 57
King David was hiding in a cave, when remarkably his own father in law, King Saul came in to the same cave, together with...
