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Dvar Torah for Parashat Eikev - Change of Direction
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EIKEV 5784 Change of Direction Rabbi Andrew Shaw Chief Executive, Mizrachi UK
It is a question I often get asked. Why did you become a Rabbi? The answer is quite simple, but quite ironic. The reason is because of what I saw and experienced at my time at Leeds University. By my second year, several Bnei Akiva students and I, supported by our chaplain Rabbi Dove, had created a whole range of programmes such as Oneg’s on Friday night, Shiurim during the week and home hospitality for Shabbat. This led to a tremendous increase in student participation and inspired me after a year working for UJS to ditch the accountancy route and start my Semicha. So, what was the irony? It was that the initial reason for Semicha came from my work with students, I was certain that when I became a Rabbi I would be working on Campus. However, my work in my almost 25years as a Rabbi has been mainly focussed on teenagers and not students with the creation of both Tribe and now Yehudi. https://mailchi.mp/mizrachi/dvar-torah-for-parashat-pinchas-17988240
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