Belovski’s Shiurim

Chanukah in the Thought of the Maharal

JLE 26/11/13

The Midrasha Simchat Beit HaShoeva 5774

Belovski Family, 22/09/13

(Also delivered as Sermon on Shabbat Chol HaMoed at GGS)

Exile and the Sukkah

JLE 17/09/13

Zichronot: When God Remembers Us

JLE 03/09/13

The Slippery Slope: Rules upon Rules

To be delivered at GGS after Minchah (6.45pm) , Shabbat Shuvah 5774

The Massacre of the Jews at York, 1190

GGS 16/07/13

From the GGS Website

In 1190, early in the reign of Richard I, fuelled by Crusade fervour and unpaid debts to Jewish money-lenders, anti-Jewish rioting broke out in York.  The local Jewish community took refuge in the wooden keep of the royal castle on the night of Shabbat HaGadol.  As matters worsened, Yom Tov of Joigny, a famous rabbi and their spiritual leader, advocated suicide rather than face the impending pogrom...

In this presentation, Rabbi Belovski will examine the background to the Clifford’s Tower massacre in Jewish, liturgical and historical sources, and consider its ramifications for English Jewry.