For years, my wife Susanna and I have struggled at classical concerts. She was a professional musician for many years, so a concert that I, with my untrained ear, can sit blissfully through, she might not experience as so relaxing. She mi...
Does the Torah recommend asceticism, or does it advise that we take pleasure in our bodily lives? This question has been debated amongst our rabbis for millennia, and there is perhaps no figure who represents that tension better than the ...
Shavuot is perhaps my favourite festival, and I am sorry that most do not share my enthusiasm for it. The distinguished liturgist, Rabbi Dr Jacob Petuchowski, said: “Festivals, like books, have their fate. Changing times and environment...
