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Rabbi I have a problem

Question: Will it be ok for a robot to switch on the TV and cook on Shabbat when technology allows?

By Rabbi Alex Chapper and Rabbi Jonathan Romain

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The bodies of Nadab and Abihu are carried from the Tabernacle (James Tissot, 1836-1902/Wikimedia Commons)

Sidrah

Shabbat times from April 25 to May 2

By The JC

1 min read

Rabbi Paul Freedman of Radlett Reform Synagogue

Movement for Reform Judaism

Herts Reform and Liberals announce plans for merged Progressive community

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

Sidrah

Parashah: Seventh Day Pesach

“Hashem caused the sea to go back with a strong east wind all that night” Exodus 14:21

By Rabbi Benjy Morgan

1 min read

Crossing of the Red Sea, Sebastiaen Vrancx, late 1590s (Wikimedia Commons)

Sidrah

“Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram’s head, and it was slaughtered. Moses took some of its blood and put it on Aaron’s right ear-lobe, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.” Leviticus 8:22-23

By Rabbi Paul Freedman

1 min read

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Vayikra

“When a person commits a trespass, being unwittingly remiss about any of God’s sacred things: They shall bring as a penalty to God a ram without blemish from the flock” Leviticus 5:15

By Rabbi Miriam Lorie

1 min read

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Pekudei

“The stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel: twelve, corresponding to their names; engraved like seals, each with its name, for the twelve tribes” Exodus 39:14

By Rabbi Dr Harris Bor

1 min read

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Vayakhel

“And everyone who excelled in ability and everyone whose spirit was moved came, bringing to the Lord an offering for the labour of the Tent of Meeting and for all its service and for the sacral vestments” Exodus 35:21

By Rabbi Natasha Mann

1 min read

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Ki Tissa

“And he saw … and he threw the tablets from his hands shattering them” Exodus 32:19

By Rabbi Benjy Morgan

1 min read

Sidrah

Parashah of the week: Tetzaveh

“And they shall know that I the Eternal am their God, who brought them out from the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them — I, the Eternal, their God” Exodus 29:44

By Rabbi Paul Freedman

1 min read

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