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RabbiShlomoLevin

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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Episodes6

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  • Yesterday · 4 min

    Man Up

    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

  • July 26 · 6 min

    It's not fair

    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,

  • July 19 · 4 min

    Patrick

    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

  • July 12 · 5 min

    The Far Side of the Moon

    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

  • July 5 · 5 min

    The Mansion

    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

  • July 5 · 3 min

    New Beginnings Are Harder

    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