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Published by Rabbi Shlomo Levin MBE
Weekly five-minute, thought-provoking episodes presented in an engaging style about the issues and values that affect our daily lives. Neither political or religious, the series are for those of whatever faith or none. Shlomo Levin was the Senior Rabbi of the South Hampstead Synagogue in London for 40 years, growing it from a small community on the brink of closure into one of the largest and most vibrant synagogues in the United Kingdom. He draws on his communal experience and the University of Life to explore the issues that impact on the social fabric of society and that resonate with our l
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On a beautiful day in one of London's best parks, almosteveryone was staring at their phone instead of the view. Rabbi Shlomo Levin shares what happened when he spotted one man reading a book on a bench - a congregant observing the Jewish Sabbath's break from technology - and asks whether the rest of us need a Sabbath to reclaim the same thing. Substack: https://rabbishlomolevin.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rabbishlomolevin X: https://x.com/RabbiSLevin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rabbishlomolevin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rabbishlomolevin TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rabbishlomolevin
What happens when you ask children to rewrite the TenCommandments in their own words? Rabbi Shlomo Levin shares the hilarious and surprisingly profound answers from a Sunday school exercise - and connects them to Passover's Four Children, and what they teach us about parenting the child in front of you, not the one you hoped for. Substack: https://rabbishlomolevin.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rabbishlomolevin X: https://x.com/RabbiSLevin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rabbishlomolevin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rabbishlomolevin TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rabbishlomolevin
Does it take an immigrant to see what's great about your owncountry? Rabbi Shlomo Levin looks back on a 1997 fundraising dinner where aPrime Minister mid-election campaign praised Britain's protection of minorities— and the realisation that hit him later that night, drawn from his ownchildhood in apartheid South Africa. Substack: https://rabbishlomolevin.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rabbishlomolevin X: https://x.com/RabbiSLevin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rabbishlomolevin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rabbishlomolevin TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rabbishlomolevin
Rabbi Shlomo Levin reflects on a hard truth: some peoplehate him without ever knowing him, simply because he is Jewish. He traces the long history of antisemitism through to Britain today, and its cost to society - before ending with a message of hope: hate is learned, and it can be unlearned. Substack: https://rabbishlomolevin.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rabbishlomolevin X: https://x.com/RabbiSLevin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rabbishlomolevin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rabbishlomolevin TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rabbishlomolevin
What if the secret to starting your day well has nothing todo with religion at all? Rabbi Shlomo Levin shares a story about a crowdedIndian railway station at dawn — and what it revealed about a habit the Westhas largely lost: taking a few quiet moments each morning to gain perspectivebefore the day takes over. Substack: https://rabbishlomolevin.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rabbishlomolevin X: https://x.com/RabbiSLevin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rabbishlomolevin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rabbishlomolevin TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rabbishlomolevin
Can a Jew and a Muslim build a real relationship without ever discussing theology? Rabbi Shlomo Levin talks about his barber of over 20 years — a devout Muslim who prays five times a day and fasts through Ramadan — and what an easy, honest relationship across religious lines can teach us about healthy multiculturalism. Substack: https://rabbishlomolevin.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rabbishlomolevin X: https://x.com/RabbiSLevin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rabbishlomolevin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rabbishlomolevin TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rabbishlomolevin
Is the perfect man tough and dominant, or gentle and self-controlled? Rabbi Shlomo Levin looks at a 59-country study linking "manosphere" pressure to unhappiness, two classic Jewish jokes about the stereotypically unassertiveman, and what the Talmud says true strength actually looks like. Substack: https://rabbishlomolevin.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rabbishlomolevin X: https://x.com/RabbiSLevin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rabbishlomolevin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rabbishlomolevin TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rabbishlomolevin
A heart attack. An intensive care ward. And a widow's cry that never really faded. Rabbi Shlomo Levin reflects on the night that changed his life 25years ago, and what it means to live in a universe that doesn't run on fairness — not with despair, but by asking what to do next. Substack: https://rabbishlomolevin.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rabbishlomolevin X: https://x.com/RabbiSLevin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rabbishlomolevin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rabbishlomolevin #RabbiShlomoLevin, #Resilience,#Faith, #Grief, #Mortality, #JewishWisdom,
Patrick was a security guard, an ex-Marine, a gentle giant — and a man who once told Rabbi Shlomo Levin he didn't know who he was. In Episode 4, that quiet confession becomes a meditation on rootedness: why knowing where we come from is the rock our stability rests on, and what a culture risks losing when it forgets its roots. New episodes every week, usuallyunder 4 minutes. Substack: https://rabbishlomolevin.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rabbishlomolevin X: https://x.com/RabbiSLevin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rabbishlomolevin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rabbishlomolevin
What happens when every support system disappears at once? Rabbi Shlomo Levin connects the Artemis II astronauts' 40 minutes of silence behind the Moon, a mentor's method of leaving troubled teenagers alone in a forest overnight, and the biblical story of Jacob stripped of everything he relied on — and finds the same truth in all three: an inner scaffolding that remains even when the outer one falls away. Substack: https://rabbishlomolevin.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rabbishlomolevin X: https://x.com/RabbiSLevin
A visit to a magnificent house turns into a lesson about the one thing that holds every relationship together: trust. Rabbi Shlomo Levin reflects on a private conversation with a man convinced his wife was having an affair, and what it reveals about betrayal, self-worth, and why even love can't survive without trust. Under 4 minutes, every week. Substack: https://rabbishlomolevin.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rabbishlomolevin X: https://x.com/RabbiSLevin
Endings are hard. New beginnings are sometimes even harder. After 40 years as a senior rabbi and the recent loss of his son, Rabbi Shlomo Levin knows both kinds of ending. In this weekly series, he shares brief, honest reflections — under 4 minutes each — on the values that make life better. Not religious. Not political. Just a fresh perspective for anyone, whatever they believe. New episodes weekly. Full archive at: https://rabbishlomolevin.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rabbishlomolevin X: https://x.com/RabbiSLevin
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