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Light in London

JL;DR SUMMARY A grand Torah celebration took place at London's Copper Box Arena, originally built for the 2012 Olympic Games, drawing 10,000 participants from across Europe for Dirshu's siyum on Maseches Shabbos within their Amud Yomi program. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Torah StudyJewish UnityLondonAmud YomiRav Dovid HofstedterSiyumDirshuRav Shimon GalaiChanukah Resonance

Places mentioned

London, United Kingdom
"When the Copper Box Arena in London was built for the 2012 Olympic Games, planners probably never imagined that it would play host to 10,000 lomdei Torah for a single event."
Antwerp, Belgium
"Mainland Europe is very different from Britain, but contingents from Antwerp and Zurich indicated that in terms of Torah life, theres a Europe-wide Torah world that shares a common language."
Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
"Mainland Europe is very different from Britain, but contingents from Antwerp and Zurich indicated that in terms of Torah life, theres a Europe-wide Torah world that shares a common language."
Bnei Brak, Central District, Israel
"There, Rav Shimon Galai  who has traveled to London for just a few hours and will be flying right back to Bnei Brak for the shloshim of his son-in-law, Rav Dovid Wertheimer  takes a moment to speak with Mishpacha."
Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
"As a continent-wide celebration of simchas haTorah deep in the European winter, the event left a glow in hearts from Gateshead to Manchester, Stamford Hill, and Antwerp to sustain them through the next leg of the long journey through Shas."
Manchester, United Kingdom
"As a continent-wide celebration of simchas haTorah deep in the European winter, the event left a glow in hearts from Gateshead to Manchester, Stamford Hill, and Antwerp to sustain them through the next leg of the long journey through Shas."
Stamford Hill, Lambeth, United Kingdom
"As a continent-wide celebration of simchas haTorah deep in the European winter, the event left a glow in hearts from Gateshead to Manchester, Stamford Hill, and Antwerp to sustain them through the next leg of the long journey through Shas."

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