Rabbi Chait, minister at Leeds' United Hebrew Congregation came up with the idea of doing 40 press-ups a day for 40 days to mark his 40th birthday.

Rev Chait served as minister at Greenbank Drive Synagogue, Liverpool, from 1975 to 1999 and lived with Parkinson s disease for more than 30 years until his death in 2021 at the age of 72.

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