Vayakhel-P’Kudei: Exodus 35:20-35, 21st March 2020, Rabbi Professor Tony Bayfield CBE, DD (Cantuar)
VIRTUE IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS These are challenging times. I agonised about whether I – aged 73 – should drive up to Cambridge today or whether it was better…
Parashat Sh’mot, Mi anochi? Who am I? – 18th January 2020, Mike Levy
Sermon given by Mike Levy on the occasion of his grandson’s baby blessing Three words..well actually two stand out for me in this week’s reading from Exodus. The words are…
Parashat Vayechi – 11th January 2020, Fred Diamond
This week’s parasha, Vayechi, closes B’reishit, Genesis – more specifically it marks the end of the story of Jacob, Joseph and his brothers. We have the death of Jacob in…
Parashat Vayigash – 4th January 2020, Tamar Drukker
Only a few weeks ago I was standing here talking about brothers’ rivalry and the fateful meeting of Jacob and Esau. After the sermon some of you approached me to…
Parashat Noach – 2nd November 2019, Leslie Wheeler
The story of Noah’s Ark and the flood has intrigued Jews, Christians and Muslims over many centuries. Despite its overtones of death and destruction, the flood story has given birth…
Parashat Bereishit – Josh’s bar mitzvah – 26th October 2019, Rabbi Roderick Young
Her, or maybe his, name is Garranga’rreli. She or he is greatly to be feared. One day a group of people were sheltering under an overhanging rock. A woman had…
Yom Kippur 2019, Ed Kessler
A Rabbi loved golf so much that one occasion, on Yom Kippur, he left the house early and went out for a quick round by himself, thinking no-one in the…
Kol Nidre 2019, Marc Saperstein
How do we learn to cope with the most difficult decisions we will have to make, how do we learn to choose properly at the critical crossroads of our lives?…
Parashah Massey – Journeys and Cities of Refuge – 3rd August 2019, Leslie Wheeler
The two aspects of Parashah Massey I want to discuss with you today are the 42 journeys and encampments and the cities of refuge. The journeys and encampment are more…
Parashat Korah, 29th June 2019, Tamar Drukker
Traditionally, Parashat Korah is a popular portion for with those delivering sermons. Rashi’s opening commentary for this parasha is often misquoted to suggest that it must be read accompanied by…
