The Last Soviet Sofer – The Story of Dr Michael Khanin

Dr Michael Khanin

Dr Michael Khanin was the last Sofer to leave the USSR. He is also my teacher in learning about the very special profession and work of a Sofer. In this video, Dr Khanin shares with us his amazing story of how he came to be involved in Sofrut and his journey from the USSR to Israel. The viewer has the opportunity to also see him working through a variety of video clips shared in the video as well as a few individual pictures showing the quality of his beautiful writing.

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The Rebbe Who Left Judaism (includes video)

George Nagel Rebbe of Yablono The Yablono Rebbe (young) at Kfar Chassidim

The following story has recently come to light. I don’t think many have heard it before and if everything about this story is true, it is most likely that only the very closest of family ever knew it having kept it a secret all these years. If indeed the story shared in the video below is true, it is certainly an amazing one and one from which we can all learn. I am presenting the facts as they are told.

Perhaps two of the greatest lessons we can learn from the story are:

  1. Even when one is on the right path doing the right thing, it is only too easy to take a turn away from it.
  2.  Even if one has lost one’s direction, and one has gone onto a path away from Judaism, it is never too late to return.

If a Rebbe can manage to get pulled off the path of Judaism – so can anyone. If a Rebbe who has distanced himself from Judaism so completely as to end up on a completely secular path – but can find his way back to a true path, then so too, can anyone.

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Are The Jewish People Enslaving Each Other? An Insight Into the Book of Nechemia

Slavery

The Book of Nechemia depicts events that occurred to the Jewish people in the second half of the fifth century BCE. These events are for all intents and purposes the last events (in the Tanach) to depict the Jewish people before their final exile – which they are currently in. It was a time when Ezra, together with Nechemia were bringing the Jewish people back to the Land of Israel to build the Second Temple and hopefully bring a sense of redemption to the Jewish people. Of course, only those who chose to come back actually came back, and of course, that redemption they were hoping for would only happen if the Jewish people returned wholeheartedly to God.

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Dove Sitting on the Kotel – For Members of the I Care Club

Dove Sitting on a Stone on the Kotel

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The wisest of all men – King Solomon shares with us a secret about the relationship between the Jewish people and God. He writes the most beautiful words fitting for a relationship between two lovers, in his classic Song of Songs. Here, he includes the ups and downs of any relationship. What keeps the relationship strong, is a unique love. Even during the “downs”, the relationship is sealed by something quite mysterious!

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God, the The Torah and The Jewish People are One – For Members of the I Care Club

Photograph depicting Jewish people, God and Torah as One

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I took these photos a few years ago and made up a montage of them using my graphic skills. The important areas are in colour with the less important parts in black and white.

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Rabbi Jonathan Sacks on the 100th Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration

The Balfour Declaration

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